Concepedia

Captive chimpanzees use their right hand to communicate with each other: Implications for the origin of the cerebral substrate for language

Adrien Meguerditchian, Jacques Vauclair, William D. Hopkins

Cortex · 2009 · 93 citations · 51 references

Concepts

PrimatologyCerebral SubstrateCognitive ScienceNeurolinguisticsCaptive ChimpanzeesPsycholinguisticsAnimal CommunicationNeuroscienceRight HandCentral Nervous SystemLanguage StudiesPrimate SystematicsPrimate BehaviorAnimal MindAnimal BehaviorSocial Sciences

References

51

Handedness and hemispheric language dominance in healthy humans

Stefan Knecht · Brain · 2000 · 1.5K citations

Neuropsychology, Healthy Subjects, Neurolinguistics +18

From hand to mouth: the origins of language

Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 781 citations

Language Evolution, Linguistic Theory, Applied Linguistics +23

On the other hand: Current issues in and meta-analysis of the behavioral laterality of hand function in nonhuman primates

William C. McGrew, Linda F. Marchant · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 1997 · 402 citations

Handedness and laterality in humans and other animals

J. M. Warren · Physiological Psychology · 1980 · 343 citations · Full text

Motor System, Neuroscience, Other Animals

Manual activity during speaking— I. Right-handers

Doreen Kimura · Neuropsychologia · 1973 · 301 citations

Health Sciences, Voice, Speech Production +7