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Play Signals

Play Signals is a behavioral construct in ethology and developmental psychology that refers to ritualized actions or expressions used by individuals to communicate playful intent and distinguish non-serious, cooperative interactions from aggressive or competitive behaviors.

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2.9K

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77

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52

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2017–2026

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Publications

40

Social Play and Play-Soliciting by Infant Canids

Marc Bekoff · American Zoologist · 1974 · 310 citations · Full text

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Play Signals as Punctuation: the Structure of Social Play in Canids

Marc Bekoff · Behaviour · 1995 · 259 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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On knowing it's only play: The role of play signals in play fighting

Sergio M. Pellis, Vivien C. Pellis · Aggression and Violent Behavior · 1996 · 161 citations

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Rapid mimicry and emotional contagion in domestic dogs

Elisabetta Palagi, Velia Nicotra, Giada Cordoni · Royal Society Open Science · 2015 · 148 citations · Full text

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Authors

77

  1. EP
    Elisabetta Palagi

    University of Pisa, Italy

    12 publications · 944 citations

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  2. SM
    Sergio M. Pellis

    University of Lethbridge, Canada

    6 publications · 494 citations

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  3. MB
    Marc Bekoff

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    4 publications · 698 citations

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  4. DR
    David R. Euston

    University of Lethbridge, Canada

    3 publications · 233 citations

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  5. TM
    Theresa M. Kisko

    Philipps University of Marburg, Germany

    3 publications · 233 citations

    3

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Institutions

52

  1. University of Pisa

    Pisa, Italy

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. University of Lethbridge

    Lethbridge, Canada

    6 h-index

    19 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. Freie Universität Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    260 citations

  4. Institute of Animal Science

    Prague, Czechia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    143 citations

  5. Charles University

    Prague, Czechia

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    168 citations

  6. Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies

    Rome, Italy

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    188 citations

  7. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    319 citations

  8. University of Portsmouth

    Portsmouth, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    233 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of comparative psychology

    7 publications · 438 citations

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  2. Behaviour

    6 publications · 431 citations

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  3. American Journal of Primatology

    3 publications · 103 citations

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  4. Behavioural Processes

    3 publications · 233 citations

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  5. Animal Behaviour

    2 publications · 250 citations

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