Play and Adversity: How the Playful Mammalian Brain Withstands Threats and Anxieties

Autor/in	Siviy, Stephen M.
Titel	Play and Adversity: How the Playful Mammalian Brain Withstands Threats and Anxieties
Quelle	In: American Journal of Play, 2 (2010) 3, S.297-314 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1938-0399
Schlagwörter	Brain; Animals; Play; Anxiety; Coping; Correlation; Stress Variables; Stress Management; Animal Behavior; Fear; Mothers; Drug Therapy; Anxiety Disorders; Child Health; Neurosciences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gehirn; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Spiel; Angst; Bewältigung; Korrelation; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Tierverhalten; Furcht; Mother; Mutter; Neuroscience; Neurowissenschaften; Neurowissenschaft
Abstract	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 fearful behavior and quantifies the fluctuation in play that results, and then he investigates how these are modified by increased maternal care or the use of benzodiazepines. In conclusion, he discusses how such research can help shed light on the neurobiology underlying human anxiety disorders, especially in children. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01