"Laughing" rats and the evolutionary antecedents of human joy?

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 533-547

  Panksepp, Jaak ^a,b   Burgdorf, Jeff ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addictions; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorders; Joy; Laughter; Mood disorders; Rats; Ultrasonic vocalizations

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; METHYLPHENIDATE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ADULTHOOD; AFFECT; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BREEDING; CHILDHOOD; CONDITIONING; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMOTION; EVOLUTION; EXPERIENCE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; HYPOTHESIS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MODEL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECREATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TOUCH; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0042383410     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(03)00159-8     Document Type: Article

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