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The play fever: individual and group factors influence the contagion of play behaviour within social hominid groups.
| Τίτλος: | The play fever: individual and group factors influence the contagion of play behaviour within social hominid groups. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Norscia I; Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino , Torino, Italy., Collarini E; Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino , Torino, Italy., Cordoni G; Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino , Torino, Italy. |
| Πηγή: | Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences [Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci] 2026 Sep 24; Vol. 381 (1959). |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Royal Society Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 7503623 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1471-2970 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 09628436 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: London : Royal Society, 1934- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Play and Playthings*/psychology , Pan paniscus*/psychology , Pan troglodytes*/psychology , Gorilla gorilla*/psychology , Social Behavior* , Behavior, Animal* , Imitative Behavior*, Animals ; Female ; Male |
| Περίληψη: | Via the perception-action model and mirror neuron system, individuals replicate others' behaviour (behavioural/social contagion) and reduce prediction errors on other behaviours. Among contagious behaviours, play offers a safe context for cooperation, competition and tolerance. Thus, play contagion is interesting to better understand the evolution of social dynamics in many non-primates and primates, including humans. To our knowledge, no study has examined play contagion across social hominids nor analysed individual/group features to identify common modulators. In 2022-2025, we gathered all-occurrences data on play, affiliative and agonistic patterns in social hominids (two groups of captive chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas; and two toddler classes of ≤ 3 years and their educators). In the 3 min period, we checked if individuals not involved in play would start playing either after the onset of a trigger play session (post-play (PP)) or in absence of any previous play session (matched-control). Play occurrence was highest during PP, informing play contagion. Contagion increased with higher male-to-female, immature-to-adult and affiliative-to-agonistic interaction ratios. Males, youngsters and individuals that were in trigger proximity (≤ 10 m) showed the highest contagion. Shared across social hominids, play contagion and its common modulators might trace back to their last common ancestor, underlying the transmission of behaviour, and possible underlying emotions, within groups. This article is part of the theme issue 'Mechanisms, development, phylogeny and functions of emotional expressions'. (© 2026 The Authors.) |
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| Grant Information: | 2020.1955 Fondazione CRT; University of Torino (DBIOS); NORI_RILO; CUP: D53C24004770006 Italian Ministry of University and Research; MUR; 2022ZZAZKW Ministry COD |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: apes; behavioural contagion; empathy; hominids; motor replication |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260924 Date Completed: 20260924 Latest Revision: 20260926 |
| Update Code: | 20260926 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC13601880 |
| DOI: | 10.1098/rstb.2025.0144 |
| PMID: | 42779430 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1471-2970 |
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| DOI: | 10.1098/rstb.2025.0144 |