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Kimberley A Phillips1, William D Hopkins.
Abstract
A comparative study of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and capuchin monkey (Cebus apella) cerebellar asymmetry and its relationship to handedness was conducted. Magnetic resonance images of the brain and behavioral data on a coordinated bimanual task were obtained from 16 chimpanzees and 11 capuchins. Chimpanzees displayed a greater rightward bias of the posterior cerebellum and capuchins displayed a greater leftward bias of the anterior cerebellum. Cerebellar asymmetries were significantly associated with handedness in capuchins but not chimpanzees, and this effect was most pronounced in right-handed capuchins.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17382360 PMCID: PMC1951511 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.02.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neuropsychologia ISSN: 0028-3932 Impact factor: 3.139