Do big-brained animals play more? comparative analyses of play and relative brain size in mammals

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-41

  Iwaniuk, Andrew N ^a   Nelson, John E ^b   Pellis, Sergio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; PRIMATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; RODENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; MAMMALS; MARSUPIALIA; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 85047682716     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.115.1.29     Document Type: Article

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