title: An association between hand preference and tactile discrimination performance in the rhesus monkey.
abstract: Seventy-eight rhesus monkeys spontaneously using the left hand learnt a tactile discrimination task in significantly fewer trials than 77 monkeys using the right hand; but 82 monkeys without consistent preferences learnt significantly faster than either group with consistent preferences.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D007839:Functional Laterality; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D013236:Stereognosis; D014110:Touch