60
Views
44
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Article

Paw Preference in Cats: Distribution and Sex Differences

, &
Pages 195-208 | Received 04 Oct 1989, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

References

  • Anderson T. W., Darling D. A. Asymptotic theory of certain ‘goodness of fit’ criteria based on stochastic: processess. Annual Mathematical Statistics 1952; 23: 193–212
  • Annett M. Left, right, hand and brain: the right shift theory. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, London, Hildale, New Jersey 1985
  • Annett M. The distribution of manual asymmetry. British Journal of Psychology 1972; 63: 343–358
  • Annett M. Genetic and nongenetic influences on handedness. Behavior Genetics 1978; 8: 227–249
  • Box H. O. Observations on spontaneous hand use in the common marmoset (Callithrix jaccus). Primates 1977; 18: 395–400
  • Castellano M. A., Diaz-Palarea M. D., Rodriguez M., Barroso J. Lateralization in mae rats and dopaminergic system: Evidence of right-side population bias. Physiology and Behavior 1987; 40: 607–612
  • Castellano M. A., Diaz-Palarea M. D., Barroso J., Rodriguez M. Behavioral lateralization in rats and dopaminergic system: Individual and population laterality. Behaviroal Neuroscience 1989; 103: 46–53
  • Cicchetti D. V. On viewing the evidence for primate handedness: Some biostatistical considerations. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 1987; 10: 268–269
  • Cole J. Paw preference in cats related to hand preference in animals and in men. Journal of Compararive and Physiological Psychology 1955; 48: 137–140
  • Collins R. L. When left-handed mice live in right-handed worlds. Science 1975; 187: 181–184
  • Collins R. L. On the inheritance of direction and degree of asymmetry. Cerebral lateralization in nonhuman species, S. D. Glick. Academic Press, New York 1985
  • Collins R. L. Observational learning of a left-right behavioral asymmetry in mice (mus musculus). Journal of Comparative Psychology 1988; 102: 222–224
  • Dallal G. E. PITMAN: A FORTRAN program for exact randomization tests. Computers and biomedical Research 1988; 21: 9–15
  • Dawson J. L. M. B. An anthropological perspective on the evolution and lateralization of the brain. Annals of New York Academy of Sciences: 299. Evolution and lateralization of the brain, S. J. Dimond, D. A. Blizard. Academy of Sciences, New York 1977; 424–447
  • Dimond S. J. Sex differences in brain organization. The Behavioral and Brain Sciences 1980; 3: 234–235
  • Forward E., Warren J. M., Hara K. The effects of unilateral lesions in sensory motor cortex on manipulation by cats. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology 1962; 55: 1130–1135
  • Glick S. D., Schonfeld A. R., Strumpf A. J. Sex differences in brain asymmetry of the rodent. The Behavioral and Brain Sciences 1980; 3: 236
  • Glick S. D., Ross D. A. Right-sided population bias and lateralization of activity in normal rats. Brain Research 1981; 205: 222–225
  • Hécaen H., Ajuriaguerra J. Left handedness: Manual superiority and cerebral dominance. Grune and Stratton, New York 1964
  • Itani J., Tokuda K., Furuya Y., Kano K., Shin Y. The social construction of natural troops of Japanese monkeys in Takasakiyama. Primates 1963; 4: 142
  • Kawai M. Catching behavior observed in the Koshima troop: A case of newly acquired behavior. Primates 1967; 8: 181–186
  • McGlone J. Sex differences in the cerebral organization of verbal functions in patients with unilateral brain lesions. Brain 1977; 100: 775–793
  • McGlone J. Sex differences in human brain asymmetry: a critical survey. The Behavioral and Brain Sciences 1980; 3: 215–263
  • McNeilage P. F. The evolution of handedness in primates. Wennergren International Symposium Series: Vol. 47. Duality and unity of the brain: Unified functioning and specialization of the hemispheres, D. Ottoson. Macmillan, New York 1987; 100–113
  • Porac C., Coren S. Lateral preferences and human behavior. Springer Verlag, New York 1981
  • Reinisch J. Fetal hormones, the brain and human sex differences: a heuristic integrative review of the recent literature. Archives of Sexual Behavior 1974; 3: 51–90
  • Reinisch J. Effects of prenatal hormone exposure on physical and psychological development in humans and animals: with a note on the state of the field. Hormones, behavior, and psychopathology, E. Sachar. Raven Press, New York 1976; 69–94
  • Robinson T. E., Becker J. B., Camp D. M., Mansour A. Variation in the pattern of behavioral and brain asymmetries due to sex differences. Cerebral lareralizarion in nonhuman species, S. D. Glick. Academic Press, New York 1985; 185–231
  • Sanford C., Guin K., Ward J. P. Posture and laterality in the bushbaby (Galago senegalensis). Brain Behavior and Evolution 1984; 25: 217–224
  • Tan Ü. Paw preferences in dogs. International Journal of Ireurnscience 1987; 32: 825–829
  • Tan Ü. The distribution of hand preference in normal men and women. International Journal of Neuroscience 1988a; 41: 35–55
  • Tan Ü. The relationship between nonverbal intelligence, familial sinistrality and Geschwind scores in right-handed female subjects. International Journal of Neuroscience 1988b; 43: 177–182
  • Teng E. L., Lee P. H., Yang K.-S., Chang P. C. Handedness in a Chinese population: Biological, social and pathological factors. Science 1976; 193: 1148–1150
  • Theodorsson E. BASIC computer program tosummarize data using nonparametric and parametric statistics including Anderson-Darling test for normality. Computer Methds and Programs in Biomedicine 1988; 26: 207–214
  • Tokuda K. On the handedness of Japanese monkeys. Primates 1969; 10: 41–46
  • Walker S. F. Lateralization of functions in the vertebrate brain: A review. Brirish Journal of Psychology 1980; 71: 329–367
  • Warren J. M., Ablanalp J. M., Warren H. B. The development of handedness in cats and rehesus monkeys. Early behavior: Comparative and developmental approaches, H. W. Stevenson, E. H. Hess, H. L. Rheinglod. Wiley, New York 1967

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.