The use of bouts and frequencies in the evaluation of hand preferences for a coordinated bimanual task in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): An empirical study comparing two different indices of laterality

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 294-299

  Hopkins, William D ^b   Wesley, Micheal J ^c   Hostetter, Autumn ^c   Fernandez Carriba, Samuel ^a   Pilcher, Dawn ^c   Poss, Sarah ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 85047683396     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.115.3.294     Document Type: Article

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