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Animal Play:

Evolutionary, Comparative and Ecological Perspectives
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Marc Bekoff, John A. Byers
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Cambridge University Press, Jun 4, 1998 - Psychology - 274 pages
Why do animals play? Play has been described in animals as diverse as reptiles, birds and mammals, so what benefits does it provide and how did it evolve? Careful, quantitative studies of social, locomotor and object play behaviour are now beginning to answer these questions and to shed light on many other aspects of both animal and human behaviour. This unique interdisciplinary volume brings together the major findings about play in a wide range of species including humans. Topics about play include the evolutionary history of play, play structure, function and development, and sex and individual differences. Animal Play is destined to become the benchmark volume in this subject for many years to come, and will provide a source of inspiration and understanding for students and researchers in behavioural biology, neurobiology, psychology and anthropology.
  

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Contents

The evolutionary origins of play revisited lessons from turtles
1
Play in common ravens Corvus corax
27
Object play by adult animals
45
Kangaroos at play play behaviour in the Macropodoidea
61
Intentional communication and social play how and why animals negotiate and agree to play
97
The structurefunction interface in the analysis of play fighting
115
Sparring as play in young pronghorn males
141
Squirrel monkey playfighting making the case for a cognitive training function for play
161
Self assessment in juvenile play
183
Biological effects of locomotor play getting into shape or something more specific?
205
Neurobiological substrates of play behavior glimpses into the structure and function of mammalian playfulness
221
Play as an organizing principle clinical evidence and personal observations
243
Index
261
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About the author (1998)

Marc Bekoff is professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado Boulder. He has published numerous books, including "The Emotional Lives of Animals", and has provided expert commentary for many media outlets, including the "New York Times", CNN, and the BBC.

John A. Byers is Professor of Zoology, University of Idaho.

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TitleAnimal Play: Evolutionary, Comparative and Ecological Perspectives
EditorsMarc Bekoff, John A. Byers
ContributorMarc Bekoff
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherCambridge University Press, 1998
ISBN0521586569, 9780521586566
Length274 pages
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Psychology / Cognitive Psychology
Psychology / Movements / Behaviorism
Science / Life Sciences / Evolution
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