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Cognition, not handedness, is lateralized in monkeys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Charles R. Hamilton  and
Betty A. Vermeire
Charles R. Hamilton
Affiliation:
Division of Biology, Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. 91125
Betty A. Vermeire
Affiliation:
Division of Biology, Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. 91125
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , December 1988 , pp. 723 - 725
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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