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Task complexity, posture, age, sex: Which is the main factor influencing manual laterality in captive Cercocebus torquatus torquatus?

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Pages 586-606 | Received 01 Mar 2010, Accepted 10 Jun 2010, Published online: 04 Feb 2011

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