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Siviy, Stephen M. – American Journal of Play, 2010
Most mammals play, but they do so in a dangerous world. The dynamic relationship between the stresses created by their world and the activity of play helps to explain the evolution of play in mammals, as the author demonstrates in evidence garnered from experiments that introduce elements of fear to rats at play. The author describes the resulting…
Descriptors: Brain, Animals, Play, Anxiety