Handedness for Unimanual Grasping in 564 Great Apes: The Effect on Grip Morphology and a Comparison with Hand Use for a Bimanual Coordinated Task

Handedness for Unimanual Grasping in 564 Great Apes: The Effect on Grip Morphology and a Comparison with Hand Use for a Bimanual Coordinated Task

A number of factors have been proposed to influence within and between species variation in handedness in nonhuman primates. In the initial study, we assessed the influence of grip morphology on hand use for simple reaching in a sample of 564 great apes including 49 orangutans Pongo pygmaeus, 66 g...

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Main Authors: Adrien eMeguerditchian, Kimberley A Phillips, Amandine eChapelain, Lindsay M Mahovetz, Scott eMilne, Tara eStoinski, Amanda eBania, Elizabeth eLonsdorf, Jennifer eSchaeffer, Jamie Leigh Russell, William eHopkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
handedness
sensory processing
great apes
manual skill
Grasping Morphology
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01794/full

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