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Play Fighting

Play Fighting is a structured form of social interaction observed in animals and humans, classified under play behavior, that simulates aggressive actions without the intent to harm, serving developmental, social, or competitive functions.

148

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8K

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214

Authors

99

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Publications per year

2017–2026

30

Variants

Rough-and-tumble Play

Parents

Publications

148

Play-fighting differs from serious fighting in both target of attack and tactics of fighting in the laboratory ratRattus norvegicus

Sergio M. Pellis, Vivien C. Pellis · Aggressive Behavior · 1987 · 331 citations

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Acute Effects of Ethanol on Social Behavior of Adolescent and Adult Rats: Role of Familiarity of the Test Situation

Elena I. Varlinskaya, Linda P. Spear · Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research · 2002 · 274 citations

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Differential rates of attack, defense, and counterattack during the developmental decrease in play fighting by male and female rats

Sergio M. Pellis, Vivien C. Pellis · Developmental Psychobiology · 1990 · 250 citations

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Rough-and-Tumble Play and the Development of the Social Brain

Sergio M. Pellis, Vivien C. Pellis · Current Directions in Psychological Science · 2007 · 211 citations

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Social play in bonobos (<i>Pan paniscus</i>) and chimpanzees (<i>Pan troglodytes</i>): Implicationsfor natural social systems and interindividual relationships

Elisabetta Palagi · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 2005 · 202 citations

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Authors

214

  1. SM
    Sergio M. Pellis

    University of Lethbridge, Canada

    66 publications · 4.5K citations

    38

    h-index

  2. VC
    Vivien C. Pellis

    University of Lethbridge, Canada

    32 publications · 2.5K citations

    26

    h-index

  3. EP
    Elisabetta Palagi

    University of Pisa, Italy

    10 publications · 525 citations

    10

    h-index

  4. PK
    Peter K. Smith

    Goldsmiths University of London, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 326 citations

    9

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  5. BK
    Bryan Kolb

    University of Lethbridge, Canada

    6 publications · 386 citations

    6

    h-index

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Institutions

99

  1. University of Lethbridge

    Lethbridge, Canada

    33 h-index

    150 publications

    8.1K citations

  2. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    11 h-index

    23 publications

    2.4K citations

  3. University of Pisa

    Pisa, Italy

    10 h-index

    23 publications

    977 citations

  4. North Dakota State University

    Fargo, United States

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    778 citations

  5. Goldsmiths University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    132 citations

  6. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    281 citations

  7. Scotland's Rural College

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    145 citations

  8. Binghamton University

    Binghamton, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    740 citations

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Venues

  1. Aggressive Behavior

    18 publications · 1.3K citations

    17

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  2. Developmental Psychobiology

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

    12

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  3. Physiology & Behavior

    10 publications · 325 citations

    10

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  4. International Journal of Comparative Psychology

    IJCP · 10 publications · 313 citations

    10

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  5. Journal of comparative psychology

    8 publications · 374 citations

    8

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