play Flashcards
tim caro
felids, cheetahs
marc beckoff
canids, dogs and coyotes
judy loeven dal
canids wolves
bernd heinrich
corvis, ravens
pellis
murids, rats
biden/ altman and other
primates
jaak pankseep/ john burghardt
behavioural neuroscience to play
what did beckoff focus on
motor pattern and action sequence
triad of mind
cognitve dimension (strategy) conative dimension (stress reduction) affective dimention (pleasure)
rat pups vs mouse pups
rat pups play socially, mouse pups don’t
object (instrumental) play
does not equal object exploration
social (subject) play
contact vs non contact= Caro
locomotor play
play chasing and solitary and more common in species living in unpredictable environments
inter-specific play
one or two way, humans and dogs, ravens and wolves
4 types of play and function
object, social, locomotor and inter- specific play
defintion and 3 functions of locomotor play
seemingly random actions
development of motor skills, environmental knowledge and cerebellar synaptogenesis
developemnt of socio cognitive skills in social play
useful for future coalition formation and self-assessment of own development
play bow in canids
arched back, head low and behind high
social isolation effect on play
decrease it in primates and increase it in rodents
play arousing drugs
ACTH, glutamate, opioids (low) and dopamine (low)
play suppressing drugs
serotonin, norepinephrine, GABA, opioids (high), dopamine (high) and neuropeptides (CRH and oxytocin)
5 criteria to recognize play
not completely functional, structural, repeated, endogenous component, relaxed field
fagen and griffiths
the monotremes play
ficken
play in birds
burghardt
play in reptiles and turtles
