Social Play Behavior

Louk Vanderschuren; Marijke Achterberg

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-819641-0.00021-9

Social Play Behavior

AISS Behaviour Neuroscience

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Abstract

Play is a behavior that fascinates scientists from a wide variety of disciplines. In this chapter, we will take a neurobiological view on this behavior, with a special focus on social play behavior in rats, which is the most widely studied form of play behavior. We provide descriptions of play behavior, and discuss the structure and function of social play behavior as well as its neural underpinnings. We also outline several outstanding questions and topics for future research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience
Editors	Sergio Della Sala
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	85-92
Number of pages	8
Edition	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128216361
ISBN (Print)	9780128196410
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819641-0.00021-9
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2021

Keywords

Play behavior
Social behavior
Social isolation
Reward
Place conditioning
Operant conditioning
Development
Emotion
Cognition
Frontal cortex
Limbic system
Nucleus accumbens
Thalamus
Amygdala
Habenula

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