Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Introduction
- 1 The evolutionary origins of play revisited: lessons from turtles
- 2 Play in common ravens (Corvus corax)
- 3 Object play by adult animals
- 4 Kangaroos at play: play behaviour in the Macropodoidea
- 5 Intentional communication and social play: how and why animals negotiate and agree to play
- 6 Structure-function interface in the analysis of play fighting
- 7 Sparring as play in young pronghorn males
- 8 Squirrel monkey play fighting: making the case for a cognitive training function for play
- 9 Self assessment in juvenile play
- 10 Biological effects of locomotor play: getting into shape, or something more specific?
- 11 Neurobiological sustrates of play behavior: glimpses into the structure and function of mammalian playfulness
- 12 Play as an organizing principle: clinical evidence and personal observations
- Index
List of contributors
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Introduction
- 1 The evolutionary origins of play revisited: lessons from turtles
- 2 Play in common ravens (Corvus corax)
- 3 Object play by adult animals
- 4 Kangaroos at play: play behaviour in the Macropodoidea
- 5 Intentional communication and social play: how and why animals negotiate and agree to play
- 6 Structure-function interface in the analysis of play fighting
- 7 Sparring as play in young pronghorn males
- 8 Squirrel monkey play fighting: making the case for a cognitive training function for play
- 9 Self assessment in juvenile play
- 10 Biological effects of locomotor play: getting into shape, or something more specific?
- 11 Neurobiological sustrates of play behavior: glimpses into the structure and function of mammalian playfulness
- 12 Play as an organizing principle: clinical evidence and personal observations
- Index
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- Animal PlayEvolutionary, Comparative and Ecological Perspectives, pp. x - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1998