Comparative Play Behavior is a theoretical framework within the study of animal and human behavior that systematically identifies and analyzes variations in play activities across species, developmental stages, or cultural contexts to elucidate evolutionary, cognitive, and social underpinnings.
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Social Play and Play-Soliciting by Infant Canids
Marc Bekoff · American Zoologist · 1974 · 310 citations · Full text
Play Signals as Punctuation: the Structure of Social Play in Canids
Marc Bekoff · Behaviour · 1995 · 259 citations
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University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
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30 publications
2K citations
University of Pisa
Pisa, Italy
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24 publications
1.7K citations
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Knoxville, United States
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7 publications
258 citations
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, United States
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6 publications
719 citations
Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies
Rome, Italy
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University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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146 citations
New York State Museum
Albany, United States
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University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
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- Behaviour
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- Journal of comparative psychology
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7 publications · 443 citations
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- Primates
7 publications · 248 citations
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