Animal Play: Evolutionary, Comparative and Ecological Perspectives
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Book Overview
Why do animals play? Play has been described in animals as diverse as reptiles, birds and mammals, so what benefits does it provide and how did it evolve? Careful, quantitative studies of social, locomotor and object play behavior are now beginning to answer these questions and shed light on many other aspects of both animal and human behavior. This unique interdisciplinary volume brings together the major findings about play in a wide range of species...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521586569
ISBN13:9780521586566
Release Date:June 1998
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:292 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
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great review on play
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Very good approach to play behaviour. Lots of information on ontogeny, proximate mechanisms and function of different types of play behaviour over a wide range of animals, including humans. Would suit psychologists, anthropologists, zoologists, neurologists and behaviourists in general, undergraduates or academics. Fluid enough as review but plenty of information on more detailed subjects.
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