Mammalian play: Training for the unexpected

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 141-168

  Spinka M ^a   Newberry, R C ^a   Bekoff, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECREATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034988974     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/393866     Document Type: Review

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