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Not just for fun! Social play as a springboard for adult social competence in human and non-human primates
Elisabetta Palagi
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2018) Vol. 72, Iss. 6
Closed Access | Times Cited: 102

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Adult play and the evolution of tolerant and cooperative societies
Elisabetta Palagi
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2023) Vol. 148, pp. 105124-105124
Open Access | Times Cited: 28

Animal play and evolution: Seven timely research issues about enigmatic phenomena
Gordon M. Burghardt, Sergio M. Pellis, Jeffrey C. Schank, et al.
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2024) Vol. 160, pp. 105617-105617
Closed Access | Times Cited: 13

Is play a behavior system, and, if so, what kind?
Sergio M. Pellis, Vivien C. Pellis, Amanda Pelletier, et al.
Behavioural Processes (2019) Vol. 160, pp. 1-9
Open Access | Times Cited: 67

Understanding the links between social ties and fitness over the life cycle in primates
Nicole Thompson González
Behaviour (2019) Vol. 156, Iss. 9, pp. 859-908
Open Access | Times Cited: 56

Laughter, play faces and mimicry in animals: evolution and social functions
Marina Davila‐Ross, Elisabetta Palagi
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (2022) Vol. 377, Iss. 1863
Open Access | Times Cited: 31

Sharing playful mood: rapid facial mimicry in Suricata suricatta
Elisabetta Palagi, Elena De Marchi, Paolo Cavicchio, et al.
Animal Cognition (2019) Vol. 22, Iss. 5, pp. 719-732
Open Access | Times Cited: 49

Dominance rank predicts social network position across developmental stages in rhesus monkeys
Lauren J. Wooddell, Stefano Kaburu, Amanda M. Dettmer
American Journal of Primatology (2019) Vol. 82, Iss. 11
Open Access | Times Cited: 45

Multiple benefits of juvenile play: A ground squirrel's perspective
Scott Nunes, Martha P. Monroy Montemayor
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2023) Vol. 147, pp. 105099-105099
Closed Access | Times Cited: 13

The expression of empathy in human's closest relatives, bonobos and chimpanzees: current and future directions
Jake S. Brooker, Christine E. Webb, Frans Β. Μ. de Waal, et al.
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (2024) Vol. 99, Iss. 4, pp. 1556-1575
Open Access | Times Cited: 5

Play fighting revisited: its design features and how they shape our understanding of its mechanisms and functions
Sergio M. Pellis, Vivien C. Pellis, Jackson R. Ham
Frontiers in Ethology (2024) Vol. 3
Open Access | Times Cited: 5

Rapid facial mimicry as a regulator of play in a despotic macaque species
Giulia Facondini, Luca Pedruzzi, Simone Aere, et al.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2024) Vol. 78, Iss. 6
Open Access | Times Cited: 5

Socialisation and its effect on play behaviour and aggression in the domestic pig (Sus scrofa)
Jennifer E. Weller, Irene Camerlink, Simon P. Turner, et al.
Scientific Reports (2019) Vol. 9, Iss. 1
Open Access | Times Cited: 38

The naturalistic approach to laughter in humans and other animals: towards a unified theory
Elisabetta Palagi, Fausto Caruana, Frans Β. Μ. de Waal
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (2022) Vol. 377, Iss. 1863
Open Access | Times Cited: 20

The interconnection of hierarchy, affiliative behaviours, and social play shapes social dynamics in Maremmana beef cattle
Samuel Bagnato, Luca Pedruzzi, J. Goracci, et al.
Applied Animal Behaviour Science (2023) Vol. 260, pp. 105868-105868
Open Access | Times Cited: 11

Ecological variation in adult social play reveals a hidden cost of motherhood for wild chimpanzees
Kris H. Sabbi, Sophia E Kurilla, Isabelle G Monroe, et al.
Current Biology (2024) Vol. 34, Iss. 6, pp. 1364-1369.e2
Open Access | Times Cited: 4

Animal behavior: Chimpanzee play and the evolutionary roots of cooperation
Kathelijne Koops
Current Biology (2025) Vol. 35, Iss. 2, pp. R71-R73
Closed Access

The extent of western lowland gorilla social relationships within and between groups
Kristena E. Cooksey, Jake A. Funkhouser, Crickette Sanz, et al.
PLoS ONE (2025) Vol. 20, Iss. 1, pp. e0316598-e0316598
Open Access

The enduring search for the nature of play
Gordon M. Burghardt
International Journal of Play (2025), pp. 1-13
Closed Access

Growing into adulthood—a review on sex differences in the development of sociality across macaques
Federica Amici, Lars Kulik, Doreen Langos, et al.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2019) Vol. 73, Iss. 2
Open Access | Times Cited: 33

Male Long Evans rats reared with a Fischer-344 peer during the juvenile period show deficits in social competency: a role for play
Rachel Stark, Sergio M. Pellis
International Journal of Play (2020) Vol. 9, Iss. 1, pp. 76-91
Closed Access | Times Cited: 29

The Goldilocks Principle: Balancing Familiarity and Novelty in the Selection of Play Partners in Groups of Juvenile Male Rats
Jackson R. Ham, Sergio M. Pellis
Animal Behavior and Cognition (2023) Vol. 10, Iss. 4, pp. 304-328
Open Access | Times Cited: 10

Proximate and ultimate mechanisms of human father-child rough-and-tumble play
Daniel Paquette, Jennifer StGeorge
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2023) Vol. 149, pp. 105151-105151
Open Access | Times Cited: 9

The evolution of two types of play
Paul E. Smaldino, Elisabetta Palagi, Gordon M. Burghardt, et al.
Behavioral Ecology (2019) Vol. 30, Iss. 5, pp. 1388-1397
Open Access | Times Cited: 28

Let’s unite in play! Play modality and group membership in wild geladas
Alessandro Gallo, Marta Caselli, Ivan Norscia, et al.
Behavioural Processes (2021) Vol. 184, pp. 104338-104338
Open Access | Times Cited: 20

Play fighting in wild spotted hyaenas: like a bridge over the troubled water of a hierarchical society
Andrea Paolo Nolfo, Grazia Casetta, Elisabetta Palagi
Animal Behaviour (2021) Vol. 180, pp. 363-373
Open Access | Times Cited: 20

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