Essays about: "limb side preference"

Found 4 essays containing the words limb side preference.

  1. 1. Lateralized behavior in white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar)

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Biologi

    Author : Kiki Spoelstra; [2021]
    Keywords : lateralized behavior; limb side preference; Hylobates lar; white-handed gibbons; nonhuman primates;

    Abstract : The evolutionary origins of human handedness are not yet fully understood as evidence of lateralized behavior in nonhuman primates is inconclusive. In the present study, lateralized behavior in both spontaneously occurring motor patterns and a tube task was examined in 15 white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar). READ MORE

  3. 2. Do reindeer have Front-Limb Biases? : forelimb Preference in Rangifer tarandus tarandus

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Author : Louise Andersson; [2020]
    Keywords : reindeer; handedness; Rangifer tarandus; footedness; left right dominance; laterality; ambidextrous; behaviour;

    Abstract : Laterality refers to the dominance of the brain’s left or right hemisphere over particular functions, such as certain behaviours. One common example is handedness in humans, where right- or left hand preference tends to be regulated by the dominance of on side of the brain. READ MORE

  4. 3. Samband mellan lateralitet och vertikala rörelseasymmetrier hos häst

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Camilla Frisk; [2018]
    Keywords : lateralitet; rörelseasymmetrier; objektiv rörelseanalys; hästar;

    Abstract : Den vanligaste orsaken till att hästar behandlas av veterinär är hältor. Eftersom att många hästar tränas för att prestera i olika tävlingssammanhang leder problem med rörelseapparaten till stora konsekvenser för både häst och hästägare. READ MORE

  5. 4. Assessment of lateralized behaviour in free-ranging Mexican mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata mexicana)

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Biologi

    Author : Laia Crespo Mingueza; [2015]
    Keywords : lateralized behaviour; limb side preference; mantled howler monkeys; motor patterns; non-human primates.;

    Abstract : The evolutionary origins of human handedness are still unknown. The study of lateralized behaviour in our closest relatives, the nonhuman primates, is useful to clarify how this trait appeared and evolved in our species. READ MORE