Characterizing risky play-like behaviour in juvenile versus young adult rats
Play is an evolutionarily conserved behaviour that contributes to healthy behavioural and neural development. While animal play is traditionally categorized as locomotor, object, or social play, developmental research in children has highlighted the importance of risky play, defined as voluntary engagement with uncertainty and manageable physical risk. Whether similar forms of behaviour occur in…
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