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What the Laboratory Rat has Taught us About Social Play Behavior: Role in Behavioral Development and Neural Mechanisms
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“Juvenile social play contributes to the development of adult social and emotional skills in humans and non human animals [1–6]”
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“Indeed, depriving rats of social play behaviour during development results in impairments in the social, emotional and cognitive domains (Vanderschuren and Trezza 2014; Pellis et al. 2023).”
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“Alongside its pleasurable properties, social play is thought to contribute to the development of brain and behaviour (Panksepp et al. 1984; Graham and Burghardt 2010; Vanderschuren and Trezza 2014; Pellis et al. 2023).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Vanderschuren, L. J. M. J., & Trezza, V.
- Affiliations
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Roma Tre University (IT)
- Venue
- Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Published
- 2013
- Volume
- 16
- Pages
- 189-212
- ISSN
- 1866-3370 (ISSN-L)
- 1866-3389
- OpenAlex
- W1585097916
- Cited by
- 200
- References
- 88
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 37.69
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- dspace.library.uu.nl
- Licence
- other-oa
- Locations
- Current topics in behavioral neurosciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Iris (Roma Tre University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- European Commission (293589)
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA022628)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Keywords
- social play, laboratory rats, play deprivation, behavioral development, neural correlates, emotional development, cognitive development, sensorimotor development, social interaction
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Behavior, Animal, Brain, Play and Playthings, Social Behavior, Social Isolation, Rats
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