{"id":2818,"date":"2016-08-08T13:43:02","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T17:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/?p=2818"},"modified":"2016-08-08T13:43:02","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T17:43:02","slug":"special-collection-explores-motivation-of-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/08\/special-collection-explores-motivation-of-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Collection Explores Motivation of Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2819\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/08\/special-collection-explores-motivation-of-play\/wg_play_m3_700x525\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2819\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2819\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2819\" src=\"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/WG_play_m3_700x525.jpg\" alt=\"Meeting 3 of the Working Group on Play, Evolution, and Sociality. (Back row, L to R): M. Mangel, H. Fouts, B. O'Meara, G. Burghardt, B. Smuts, K. Lewis Graham, G. Cordoni, M. Rehakova, E. Palagi, P. Hammerstein. (Front row, L to R): S. Pellis, J. Auerbach. Not pictured: J. Schank, E. Akcay  \" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/WG_play_m3_700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/WG_play_m3_700x525-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meeting 3 of the Working Group on Play, Evolution, and Sociality. (Back row, L to R): M. Mangel, H. Fouts, B. O&#8217;Meara, G. Burghardt, B. Smuts, K. Lewis Graham, G. Cordoni, M. Rehakova, E. Palagi, P. Hammerstein. (Front row, L to R): S. Pellis, J. Auerbach. Not pictured: J. Schank, E. Akcay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Research on what motivates play in mammals, both human and non-human, has been published in a special issue of the journal <em>Behaviour<\/em>. The nine papers in the special issue are products\u00a0of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/workinggroups\/WG_play\" target=\"_blank\">NIMBioS Working Group on Play, Evolution and Sociality<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The nine\u00a0papers in the special issue include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Motivation of play: from ethological to neurological perspectives<\/em> by\u00a0Elisabetta Palagi and Hillary N. Fouts<\/li>\n<li><em>Work-themed play among young children in foraging and farming communities in Central Africa<\/em> by Hillary N. Fouts, Carin L. Neitzel and Lauren R. Bader<\/li>\n<li><em>Affiliation, dominance and friendship among companion dogs<\/em> by Rebecca K. Trisko, Aaron A. Sandel and Barbara Smuts<\/li>\n<li><em>Play fighting in Visayan warty pigs (Sus cebifrons): insights on restraint and reciprocity in the maintenance of play<\/em> by Sergio M. Pellis and Vivien C. Pellis<\/li>\n<li><em>Aggression and hierarchical steepness inhibit social play in adult wolves<\/em> by\u00a0Giada Cordoni and Elisabetta Palagi<\/li>\n<li><em>Motivation, development and object play: comparative perspectives with lessons from dogs<\/em> by Gordon M. Burghardt, Julia D. Albright and Karen M. Davis<\/li>\n<li><em>Metacommunication in social play: the meaning of aggression-like elements is modified by play face in Hanuman langurs (Semnopithecus entellus)<\/em> by Marek \u0160pinka, Marie Pale\u010dkov\u00e1 and Milada \u0158eh\u00e1kov\u00e1<\/li>\n<li><em>A brain motivated to play: insights into the neurobiology of playfulness<\/em> by\u00a0Stephen M. Siviy<\/li>\n<li><em>Stone handling, an object play behaviour in macaques: welfare and neurological health implications of a bio-culturally driven tradition<\/em> by\u00a0Charmalie A.D. Nahallage, Jean-Baptiste Leca and Michael A. Huffman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The full special issue can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/booksandjournals.brillonline.com\/content\/journals\/1568539x\/153\/6-7\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/booksandjournals.brillonline.com\/content\/journals\/1568539x\/153\/6-7<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a series of meetings from 2011 to 2013, the NIMBioS Working Group brought together mathematicians, anthropologists, zoologists, neuroscientists, ecologists, psychologists and other top experts to examine play as a window into cognitive evolution and the rules of sociality.<\/p>\n<p>Until the Working Group was established, the field lacked a mathematical and computational approaches for understanding how play evolves. Using mathematical tools, the group aimed to uncover factors predicting the dynamics, occurrence and trajectory of play in the animal kingdom, as well as explore the ecological, psychological and life history factors that facilitate and maintain play.<\/p>\n<p>The special issue is the second from the Working Group.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/press\/FS_play\" target=\"_blank\">The first<\/a> was Adaptive Behavior on the origin and evolution\u00a0of play\u00a0issued last\u00a0November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research on what motivates play in mammals, both human and non-human, has been published in a special issue of the journal Behaviour. The nine papers in the special issue are products\u00a0of the\u00a0NIMBioS Working Group on Play, Evolution and Sociality. 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