Adaptive significance of play: Are we getting closer?

Growing points in ethology

1977 • 2,303 citations

Animal Play Behavior

1981 • 801 citations

Does play matter? Functional and evolutionary aspects of animal and human play

1982 • 412 citations

On the Functions of Play and Its Role in Behavioral Development

1985 • 357 citations

A critical period for social isolation in the rat

1977 • 338 citations

Brief periods of socialization and later behavior in the rat

1978 • 222 citations

The Play of Animals

1898 • 219 citations

Sex Differences in Social Play: The Socialization of Sex Roles

1985 • 169 citations

Effects of the mother, object play, and adult experience on predation in cats

1980 • 161 citations

Social Play in the American Black Bear: Its Similarity to Canid Social Play and an Examination of its Identifying Characteristics

1974 • 143 citations

Exploration and Social Play in Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri)

1974 • 133 citations

The Development of Play in Cats

1978 • 121 citations

Inter-Observer Reliability

1979 • 120 citations

Ecological Constraints On the Social Development of Vervet Monkeys

1984 • 99 citations

Behavioral development

1984 • 93 citations

The development of social behaviour in the vole (Microtus agrestis)

1973 • 82 citations

Maternal behaviour and early behavioural ontogeny of harp seals, Phoca groenlandica

1987 • 75 citations

Play Partner Preferences in Siberian Ibex, Capra ibex sibirica

2010 • 75 citations

Aggressive Play and Communication in Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

1974 • 74 citations

Terrain Preferences in the Play Behavior of Siberian Ibex Kids (Capra ibex sibirica)

1977 • 70 citations

The ecology, structure and functions of social play in Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)

1980 • 67 citations

Juvenile Play of the Common Seal Phoca Vit Ulina Vit Ulina With Comparative Notes On the Grey Seal Halichoerus Grypus

1974 • 64 citations

Predatory Behaviour and Social Play in Kittens

1981 • 61 citations

The Time and Energy Costs of Play Behaviour in the Cat

1984 • 55 citations

Quantitative analyses of the ontogeny of predatory behaviour in coyotes, Canis latrans

1978 • 54 citations

A motivational analysis of object play in juvenile dwarf mongooses (Helogale undulata rufula)

1984 • 51 citations

The variability of some motor components of social play and agonistic behaviour in infant eastern coyotes, Canis latrans var

1977 • 50 citations

Differences between playfighting and serious fighting among Zapotec children

1987 • 49 citations

The ontogeny of locomotor play behaviour in the domestic cat

1985 • 45 citations

Sex differences in the termination of social play in cats

1981 • 34 citations

Object Play and Social Treatment of Prey in Bush Dogs and Crab-Eating Foxes

1982 • 33 citations

The energy cost of play: Definition and estimation

1982 • 31 citations

Correlations among measures of playfulness and skillfulness in captive common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus jacchus)

1984 • 29 citations

The study of play and problem solving in preschool children: Have experimenter effects been responsible for previous results?

1983 • 29 citations

Indirect costs of play: Cheetah cubs reduce maternal hunting success

1987 • 28 citations

Social play behaviours and insect predation in northern grasshopper mice (Onychomys leucogaster)

1983 • 19 citations

Sex Differences in Social Play of Scimitar‐horned Oryx Calves (Oryx dammah)

1985 • 16 citations

Comparative Aspects of Behavioural Development in Two Species of Free-Living Hyrax

1985 • 13 citations