Using Tinbergen's approach to understand play

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dc.contributor.authorHimmler, Stephanie M.
dc.contributor.supervisorPellis, Sergio M.
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-04T17:59:31Z
dc.date.available2015-05-04T17:59:31Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractPlay fighting has been proposed to provide animals with experiences that promote behavioural flexibility, which helps them to successfully navigate their physical and social environments later on in life. However, there is much variation in how closely related species play, indeed, even among different strains of rats aspects of their play differ. Is all this variation adaptive in serving play’s critical developmental role? The integrative approach advocated by Tinbergen, suggests not. Among rat strains, the differences in play are simply byproducts of subtle sensorimotor differences. Irrespective of the form of the play, rats of all strains converge on the same key experiences during play that are useful for promoting the development of the prefrontal cortex. That is, the experiences derived from play, despite variations, leads to the same outcome. The lessons learnt from rats serve as a guide for cross-species comparisons.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Councilen_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3668
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subject0602en_US
dc.proquest.subject0384en_US
dc.proquest.subject0317en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Neuroscienceen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Neuroscienceen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectplay fightingen_US
dc.subjectprefunctional developmenten_US
dc.subjectdomesticationen_US
dc.subjectratsen_US
dc.subjectreciprocityen_US
dc.titleUsing Tinbergen's approach to understand playen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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