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Juvenile Play

Juvenile Play is a developmental behavior observed in young animals, classified under play behavior, that involves structured, often repetitive, voluntary activities differing from adult functional actions by serving primarily to practice motor, social, and cognitive skills essential for later life stages.

188

Publications

12.9K

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400

Authors

171

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

27

Variants

Juvenile Play Behavior

Parents

Publications

188

Autism‐like behavioral phenotypes in BTBR T+tf/J mice

Hewlet G. McFarlane, G. K. Kusek, Mu Yang et al. · Genes Brain & Behavior · 2007 · 823 citations

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The ontogeny of play in rats

Jaak Panksepp · Developmental Psychobiology · 1981 · 539 citations

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Anticipation of play elicits high-frequency ultrasonic vocalizations in young rats.

Brian Knutson, Jeffrey Burgdorf, Jaak Panksepp · Journal of comparative psychology · 1998 · 449 citations

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Does play matter? Functional and evolutionary aspects of animal and human play

Peter K. Smith · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1982 · 424 citations

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Fetal Testosterone Predicts Sexually Differentiated Childhood Behavior in Girls and in Boys

Bonnie Auyeung, Simon Baron‐Cohen, Emma Ashwin et al. · Psychological Science · 2009 · 314 citations · Full text

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Authors

400

  1. SM
    Sergio M. Pellis

    University of Lethbridge, Canada

    28 publications · 1.5K citations

    23

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  2. SM
    Stephen M. Siviy

    Gettysburg College, United States

    10 publications · 630 citations

    10

    h-index

  3. JP
    Jaak Panksepp

    Bowling Green State University, United States

    10 publications · 1.6K citations

    10

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  4. VC
    Vivien C. Pellis

    University of Lethbridge, Canada

    11 publications · 657 citations

    10

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  5. BT
    Brett T. Himmler

    University of Lethbridge, Canada

    7 publications · 358 citations

    7

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Institutions

171

  1. University of Lethbridge

    Lethbridge, Canada

    22 h-index

    87 publications

    4.5K citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    2.9K citations

  3. Bowling Green State University

    Bowling Green, United States

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    2.7K citations

  4. Boston College

    Boston, United States

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    1.6K citations

  5. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    801 citations

  6. University of San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    5 h-index

    15 publications

    597 citations

  7. Gettysburg College

    Gettysburg, United States

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    631 citations

  8. University of Maryland, Baltimore

    Baltimore, United States

    4 h-index

    18 publications

    2.4K citations

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Venues

  1. Developmental Psychobiology

    15 publications · 1.4K citations

    15

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  2. Physiology & Behavior

    12 publications · 395 citations

    11

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  3. Animal Behaviour

    11 publications · 823 citations

    10

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  4. Behaviour

    7 publications · 518 citations

    7

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  5. International Journal of Comparative Psychology

    IJCP · 6 publications · 202 citations

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