Left-hand preference in frightened mother monkeys in taking up their babies.
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.
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Osaka University of Education, Japan.
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D000818:Animals; D001143:Arousal; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D008251:Macaca / Q000523:psychology*; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D013045:Species Specificity