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(Clinics in Developmental Medicine. No. 147.) Edited by Kevin J. Connolly. 276 pp., illustrated. London, Mac Keith Press, 2000. $69.95. ISBN 1-898-683-14X.

"Our hands are central to our psychology as they continually switch between executive, exploratory and expressive activity." This statement from the editor's preface gives an idea of the content of this fascinating book by well-known experts on hand function. The editor has assembled a coherent account of research on the human hand, which was rekindled in the mid-1980s and is now a hot topic.

The main focus of the book is on normal manipulatory functions, with an emphasis on development. To be sure, the capacity of nonhuman primates for fine control of hand grip is hardly less than that of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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