Brain system size and adult - Adult play in primates: A comparative analysis of the roles of the non-visual neocortex and the amygdala

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 31-39

  Pellis, Sergio M ^a   Iwaniuk, Andrew N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Comparative analyses; Non visual cortex; Play fighting; Primates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BEHAVIOR; BODY SIZE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIGHTING; MARSUPIAL; METHODOLOGY; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLAY; PREVALENCE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; TELENCEPHALON;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PRIMATES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0037151309     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(01)00455-7     Document Type: Article

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