[HTML][HTML] The neuroscience of positive emotions and affect: Implications for cultivating happiness and wellbeing

R Alexander, OR Aragón, J Bookwala… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
This review paper provides an integrative account regarding neurophysiological correlates
of positive emotions and affect that cumulatively contribute to the scaffolding for positive …

On what motivates us: a detailed review of intrinsic v. extrinsic motivation

LS Morris, MM Grehl, SB Rutter, M Mehta… - Psychological …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Motivational processes underlie behaviors that enrich the human experience, and
impairments in motivation are commonly observed in psychiatric illness. While motivated …

[HTML][HTML] The neurobiology of social play behaviour: past, present and future

EJM Achterberg, LJMJ Vanderschuren - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2023 - Elsevier
Social play behaviour is a highly energetic and rewarding activity that is of great importance
for the development of brain and behaviour. Social play is abundant during the juvenile and …

The neurobiology of social play and its rewarding value in rats

LJMJ Vanderschuren, EJM Achterberg… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
In the young of many mammalian species, including humans, a vigorous and highly
rewarding social activity is abundantly expressed, known as social play behaviour. Social …
DM Ellingsen, S Leknes, G Løseth, J Wessberg… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Inter-individual touch can be a desirable reward that can both relieve negative affect and
evoke strong feelings of pleasure. However, if other sensory cues indicate it is undesirable …

Comparing the ontogeny, neurobiology, and function of social play in hamsters and rats

MA Cooper, JA Grizzell, CJ Whitten… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Syrian hamsters show complex social play behavior and provide a valuable animal model
for delineating the neurobiological mechanisms and functions of social play. In this review …

What the laboratory rat has taught us about social play behavior: role in behavioral development and neural mechanisms

LJMJ Vanderschuren, V Trezza - The neurobiology of childhood, 2014 - Springer
Social play behavior is the most vigorous and characteristic form of social interaction
displayed by develo** mammals. The laboratory rat is an ideal species to study this …