Rough-and-tumble play as a window on animal communication

Biological Reviews

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 311-327

  Palagi, Elisabetta ^a,b   Burghardt, Gordon M ^c   Smuts, Barbara ^d   Cordoni, Giada ^a   Dall'Olio, Stefania ^a   Fouts, Hillary N ^c   Řeháková Petrů, Milada ^e   Siviy, Stephen M ^f   Pellis, Sergio M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Tarsius os   (Czech Republic)

^f GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emotional signals; Facial expressions; Gestures; Intentional signals; Self handicapping behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84962190091     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12172     Document Type: Article

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