Citation

Hatta T, Koike M. Neuropsychologia 1991; 29(2): 207-209.

Affiliation

Osaka University of Education, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2027436

Abstract

The hand preference of mother monkeys taking up their babies in an emergency situation was investigated. When a relaxed mother monkey was frightened, the hand used to take up a baby and flee was monitored with eight pairs of Old World Monkeys of three different species. Each mother-child pair was given 17-32 trials, all mothers showed a left-hand preference in this behavior.

Language: en