TY - JOUR
T1 - Do right- and left-handed monkeys differ on cognitive measures?
AU - Hopkins, W. D.
AU - Washburn, D. A.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2007 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - Twelve left- and 14 right-handed monkeys were compared on 6 measures of cognitive performance (2 maze-solving tasks, matching-to-sample, delayed matching-to-sample, delayed response using spatial cues, and delayed response using form cues). The dependent variable was trials-to-training criterion for each of the 6 tasks. Significant differences were found between left- and right-handed monkeys on the 2 versions of the delayed response task. Right- handed monkeys reached criterion significantly faster on the form cue version of the task, whereas left-handed monkeys reached criterion significantly faster on delayed response for spatial position (p < .05). The results suggest that sensitive hand preference measures of laterality can reveal differences in cognitive performance, which in turn may reflect underlying laterality in functional organization of the nervous system.
AB - Twelve left- and 14 right-handed monkeys were compared on 6 measures of cognitive performance (2 maze-solving tasks, matching-to-sample, delayed matching-to-sample, delayed response using spatial cues, and delayed response using form cues). The dependent variable was trials-to-training criterion for each of the 6 tasks. Significant differences were found between left- and right-handed monkeys on the 2 versions of the delayed response task. Right- handed monkeys reached criterion significantly faster on the form cue version of the task, whereas left-handed monkeys reached criterion significantly faster on delayed response for spatial position (p < .05). The results suggest that sensitive hand preference measures of laterality can reveal differences in cognitive performance, which in turn may reflect underlying laterality in functional organization of the nervous system.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0028607455&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0028607455&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/0735-7044.108.6.1207
DO - 10.1037/0735-7044.108.6.1207
M3 - Article
C2 - 7893414
AN - SCOPUS:0028607455
SN - 0735-7044
VL - 108
SP - 1207
EP - 1212
JO - Behavioral Neuroscience
JF - Behavioral Neuroscience
IS - 6
ER -