motor skill for tool-use is associated with asymmetries in brocas area and the motor hand area of the precentral gyrus .运动技能的使用工具与不对称布洛卡区和黑猩猩的马达手部的中央前.pdfVIP

Behavioural Brain Research 318 (2017) 71–81 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Behavioural Brain Research j o u r n a l h o m e p ag e: w w w. elsev /locate/bbr Research report Motor skill for tool-use is associated with asymmetries in Broca’s area and the motor hand area of the precentral gyrus in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Dr. William D. Hopkins a,b,∗ , Adrien Meguerditchian c , Olivier Coulon d , Maria Misiura a , Sarah Pope a , Mary Catherine Mareno e , Steven J. Schapiro e a Neuroscience Institute and Language Research Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, United States b Division of Developmental and Cognitive Neuroscience, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, 954 Gatewood Road, Atlanta, GA 30029, United States c Laboratory of Cognitive Psychology, UMR 7290, Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, Marseille, France d Aix-Marseille Université, LSIS, UMR CNRS 7296, Marseille, France e Department of Veterinary Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Bastrop, TX 78602, United States h i g h l i g h t s • Chimpanzee hand preference is only moderately associated with hand skill. • Individual difference in hand skill are associated with asymmetry in premotor and primary cortex. • Hand preference for tool use was not associated with anatomical asymmetries. • Females show increased motor skill for the right hand compared to males. a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Among nonhuman primates, chimpanzees are well known for their sophistication and diversity of tool use Received 22 April 2016 in both captivity and the wild. The evolution