Rough-and-Tumble Play in Human Children

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 539-551

  Scott, Eric ^a   Panksepp, Jaak ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender effects; Laughter; Music; Play; Rough and tumble

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442692901     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.10062     Document Type: Article

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