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Neuroscientist Michael Brecht published a study in which he describes a basic brain area that is activated when rodents play, suggesting that playful behavior is an instinct
To study play behaviors in animals, scientists must be able to authentically simulate play-conducive environments in the laboratory.
Scientific experiments are rarely amusing for rats, but new research by German neuroscientists involved tickling rats to investigate the brain mechanisms
Playful behavior was once considered a rare phenomenon in the animal kingdom, and yet recent evidence suggests birds, bees, apes, marsupials, lizards, turtles, crocodiles, and maybe even fish can all engage in play.
A region of the midbrain in rodents appears to be instrumental in enabling rats to engage in laughter and play