title: Hand preference, ability, and hemispheric specialization: in how far are these factors related in the monkey?
abstract: Reasons are given for preferring the term "hand-ability" to "hand-preference", especially in animals, for discussions of HS. Different kinds of HS are described for man and for the monkey, with emphasis on the importance of the precise task to be performed for the determination of HS ("act-specific HS"). Exceptional kinds of HS in the monkey are reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bielefeld.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ettlinger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001076:Aptitude; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D011323:Primates / Q000502:physiology*