Grip Morphology and Hand Use in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Evidence of a Left Hemisphere Specialization in Motor Skill.

Three experiments on grip morphology and hand use were conducted in a sample of chimpanzees. In Experiment 1, grip morphology when grasping food items was recorded, and it was found that subjects who adopted a precision grip were more right-handed than chimpanzees using other grips. In Experiment...

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Publicado en:Journal of Experimental Psychology. General Vol. 131; no. 3; pp. 412 - 424
Autores principales: Hopkins, William D., Wesley, Michael J., Pilcher, Dawn L.
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Publicado: American Psychological Association September 2002
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