| Postural effects on manual reaching laterality in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) and cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus). | |
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PMID: 8112050 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) and cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) made unimanual food reaches from either a horizontal, quadrupedal posture or a vertical, clinging posture. No population-level handedness occurred in either species. However, in both species, directional lateral preferences weakly expressed for reaching from the stable quadrupedal posture were intensified in the vertical cling posture. This phenomenon, which we designate as soft handedness, may have been an evolutionary precursor to population-level handedness. Right or left turning by the squirrel monkeys before reaching closely predicted use of the right or left hand. However, the magnitude of the association decreased in the more highly lateralized vertical cling condition. This result suggests that as lateral hand preference increases, hand use may become increasingly independent of constraints from prior behavioral and environmental influences. |
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Authors:
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L S Roney; J E King |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Journal of comparative psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983) Volume: 107 ISSN: 0735-7036 ISO Abbreviation: J Comp Psychol Publication Date: 1993 Dec |
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Created Date: 1994-03-31 Completed Date: 1994-03-31 Revised Date: 2008-11-21 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8309850 Medline TA: J Comp Psychol Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 380-5 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721. |
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Animals Female Functional Laterality* Male Orientation Postural Balance Posture* Psychomotor Performance* Saguinus / psychology* Saimiri / psychology* Social Environment |
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