| Title |
Playing for keeps
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Human Nature, March 2004
|
| DOI | 10.1007/s12110-004-1001-0 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kerrie P. Lewis, Robert A. Barton |
| Abstract |
The hypothesis that play behavior is more prevalent in larger-brained animals has recently been challenged. It may be, for example, that only certain brain structures are related to play. Here, we analyze social play behavior with regards to the cerebellum: a structure strongly implicated in motor-development, and possibly also in cognitive skills. We present an evolutionary analysis of social play and the cerebellum, using a phylogenetic comparative method. Social play frequency and relative cerebellum size are positively correlated. Hence, there appears to be a link between the evolutionary elaboration of social play and the cerebellum. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 46 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 12 | 25% |
| Professor | 11 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 13% |
| Unknown | 3 | 6% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 17 | 35% |
| Psychology | 16 | 33% |
| Arts and Humanities | 4 | 8% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Unknown | 2 | 4% |
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