Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Phys Anthropol. 2010 Apr;141(4):638–645. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.21244

TABLE 1.

Individual hand preferences and frequencies of left- and right- hand responses for unimanual reaching and bimanual feeding.

Bimanual Feeding Unimanual Reaching

Subject age sex # L # R HI z Hand # L # R HI z Hand
Kudzoo 14 F 48 251 0.68 11.74 R 75 109 0.18 2.51 R
Sukari 9 F 17 199 0.84 12.38 R 67 92 0.16 1.98 R
Kiniani 24 F 12 60 0.67 5.66 R 75 65 −0.07 −0.85 A
Olympia 11 F 64 140 0.37 5.32 R 103 27 −0.58 −6.67 L
Choomba 44 F 13 79 0.72 6.88 R 60 54 −0.05 −0.56 A
Lulu 8 F 39 140 0.56 7.55 R 57 52 −0.05 −0.48 A
Kashata 14 F 6 40 0.74 5.01 R 49 53 0.04 0.40 A
Kuchi 23 F 25 32 0.12 0.93 A 42 42 0.00 0.00 A
Machi 31 F 29 65 0.38 3.71 R 29 43 0.19 1.65 A
Shamba 48 F 1 22 0.91 4.38 R 15 17 0.06 0.35 A
Macy B 2 F 26 18 −0.18 −1.21 A 6 10 0.25 1.00 A
Kali 2 F 1 4 - - - 6 8 - - -
Susie 4 F 47 14 −0.54 −4.23 L 30 62 0.35 3.34 R
Madini 13 F 28 41 0.19 1.57 A 31 15 −0.35 −2.36 L
Bulera 20 F 16 46 0.48 3.81 R 29 40 0.16 1.32 A
Bahati 18 F 22 38 0.27 2.07 R 31 30 −0.02 −0.13 A
Kowali 31 F 13 53 0.61 4.92 R 21 32 0.21 1.51 A
Makari 22 F 14 53 0.58 4.76 R 6 59 0.82 6.57 R
Tabibu 17 F 0 63 1.00 7.94 R 6 16 0.45 2.13 R
Rollie 12 F 5 73 0.87 7.70 R 18 34 0.31 2.22 R
Charlie 11 M 40 115 0.48 6.02 R 95 91 −0.02 −0.29 A
Taz 18 M 56 24 −0.40 −3.58 L 67 79 0.08 0.99 A
Stadi 16 M 139 128 −0.04 −0.67 A 86 42 −0.34 −3.89 L
Ivan 45 M 0 0 - - - 56 47 −0.09 −0.89 A
Kekla 18 M 69 129 0.30 4.26 R 39 50 0.12 1.17 A
M’bely 5 M 3 49 0.88 6.38 R 37 48 0.13 1.19 A
Kidogo 9 M 5 30 0.71 4.23 R 7.00 38 0.69 4.62 R
Jasiri 9 M 28 44 0.22 1.89 A 2.00 28 0.87 4.75 R
Ozoom 46 M 21 73 0.55 5.36 R 11 4 −0.47 −1.81 A
Gunther 1 M 10 18 0.29 1.51 A 4 1 - - -
Kazi 2 M 0 3 - - - 3 2 - - -
Kwan 20 M 47 14 −0.54 −4.23 L 29 33 0.06 0.51 A
Jojo 29 M 44 18 −0.42 −3.30 L 25 49 0.32 2.79 R
Azizi 6 M 35 25 −0.17 −1.29 A 25 30 0.09 0.67 A
Amare 4 M 10 48 0.66 4.99 R 29 33 0.06 0.51 A

F: Female; M: Male; # L: number of left-hand responses; # R: number of right-hand responses; HI: Handedness Index score that corresponds to degree of manual asymmetry, the sign indicates the direction of the manual bias (negative value: left-hand bias, positive value: right-hand bias); z: individual z-score; Hand: hand preference; R: right-handed subject; L: left-handed subject; A: ambiguous handed subject. Italicized names indicate those gorillas from Lincoln Park Zoo.