Hand Preference for Tool-Use in Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella) Is Associated With Asymmetry of the Primary Motor Cortex

Authors: Kimberley A. Phillips, Claudia R. Thompson

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: handedness, hemispheric specialization, laterality

2013

Inversion of left–right asymmetry alters performance of Xenopus tadpoles in nonlateralized cognitive tasks

Authors: Douglas J. Blackiston, Michael Levin

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: laterality, learning, left–right asymmetry, memory, xenopus

2013

Structured bimanual actions and hand transfers reveal population-level right-handedness in captive gorillas

Authors: Ernest Tabiowo, Gillian S. Forrester

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: cerebral lateralization, evolution, gorilla, gorilla gorilla gorilla, great ape, handedness, language

2013

The Ontogenesis of Lateralized Behavior in the Domestic Cat, Felis silvestris catus

Authors: D.L. Wells, S. Millsopp

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: cats, development, handedness, laterality, paw preferences

2012

Infant cradling in a captive mother gorilla

Authors: Carolyn Begg-Reid, Michael A. Schillaci

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cradling, gorilla gorilla, handedness, laterality, primates

2008

Postural effect on manual laterality in different tasks in captive grey-cheeked mangabey (Lophocebus albigena)

Authors: C. Blois-Heulin, V. Bernard, P. Bec

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: animals, cercocebus/psychology, feeding behavior, female, functional laterality, laterality, lophocebus albigena, male, posture, psychomotor performance, species specificity, task complexity

2007

Lateralised Swimming Behaviour in the California Sea Lion

Authors: D. L. Wells, R. M. Irwin, P. G. Hepper

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: asymmetries, handedness, laterality, pinnipeds, sea lions, swimming

2006

Comparative assessment of handedness for a coordinated bimanual task in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), gorillas (Gorilla gorilla) and orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus)

Authors: William D. Hopkins, Tara S. Stoinski, Kristen E. Lukas, Stephen R. Ross, Michael J. Wesley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: great apes, hand preference, handedness

2003

“Right-Trunkers” and “Left-Trunkers”: Side Preferences of Trunk Movements in Wild Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus)

Authors: F. Martin, C. Niemitz

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *choice behavior, animal behavior, animal behaviour, animals, brain/physiology, choice behaviour, elephants, female, functional laterality/physiology, male, movement, videotape recording

2003

Birth Order and Hand Preference in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)- Implications for Pathological Models of Handedness in Humans

Authors: Hopkins, William D., Dahi, Jeremy F.

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: birth order, chimpanzee, hand preference

2000

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