G M Burghardt
Biographic Data
| ID | 29310 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G M Burghardt |
| GIVEN NAMES | G M |
| FAMILY NAME | Burghardt |
| SIGNATURE | BURGHARDT G M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tennessee at Knoxville |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4943-8145 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From Play Date to Stress Fate: Juvenile Social Play Rescues Stress‐Induced Changes in Adult Social Behavior
Long‐term effects of social play on neural and behavioral development remain unclear. We investigated whether just 1 h of juvenile social play could rescue the effects of play deprivation on stress‐related behavior and markers of neural plasticity. Syrian hamsters were reared from postnatal days 21–43 in three conditions: peer isolation, peer isolation with daily social play sessions (dyadic play), or group‐housed with littermates. In adulthood, …
The enduring search for the nature of play
The evolution and ontogeny of play: Comparative Perspectives
This special issue of the International Journal of Play is devoted to the evolution and ontogeny of play and includes papers on various animals, children, and a diversity of phenomena all related to this theme. Papers in the issue provide original data on these species: rheas, Beluga whales, wolves, Japanese monkeys, gorillas, and human children as well as a phylogenetic analysis of social play in primates. While social play is emphasized, object…
The development of object play in wolf puppies (Canis lupus)
Studies exploring the development of object play of wolf pups are lacking. Comparisons of wolves vs. dogs can aid in teasing out the influences of domestication on any differences uncovered between wolves and various dog breeds. We investigated the development of object play from 2 to 9 weeks of age (14–63 days) in 2 litters of hand-reared wolf pups (Canis lupus). Both litters of pups were video-recorded in their home enclosures at week and mid-w…
Play and the human condition
When I was in the midst of writing my conceptual and empirical overview of play in animals, Brian Sutton-Smith published, in 1997, his compact and magisterial work, The Ambiguity of Play. I immedia
What is the state of play
Increasing numbers of researchers and practitioners in diverse fields around the world are recognizing the power of theater improvization as a way to play and promote human development in a variety
The Janus-Faced Nature of Comparative Psychology - Strength or Weakness
What is the nature of comparative psychology and how does or should it relate to evolutionary psychology? This is a time of reassessment of both fields and this article reviews the history of comparative psychology and its relationships with evolutionary psychology, ethology, and other approaches to behavior from the perspective of a former editor of the Journal of Comparative Psychology who has spent many decades engaged in research in animal be…
Combating Ophiophobia: Origins, Treatment, Education, and Conservation Tools
Ethics and Animal Consciousness: How Rubber the Ethical Ruler
The treatment of nonhuman animals has been marked by extremes of beneficence and cruelty. The ethical guidelines explicitly or informally underlying how we regard other species have been marked by inconsistency and an elastic ethics. One of the major controversies involved in nonhuman animal rights and welfare discussions involves the level of their awareness or consciousness of ill treatment. The varying ways in which this issue has been concept…
The Genesis of Animal Play: Testing the Limits
In The Genesis of Animal Play, Gordon Burghardt examines the origins and evolution of play in humans and animals. He asks what play might mean in our understanding of evolution, the brain, behavioral organization, and psychology. Is play essential to development? Is it the driving force behind human and animal behavior? What is the proper place for the study of play in the cognitive, behavioral, and biological sciences? The engaging nature of pla…
Heeding the Cry
Book reviewed in this article: Animal Consciousness. By Daisie Radner and Michael Radner The Unheeded Cry: Animal Consciousness, Animal Pain and Science. By Bernard E. Rollin
Witmer on comparative psychology
Witmer on comparative psychology
Anecdotes and critical anthropomorphism
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Animal awareness: Current perceptions and historical perspective
Ethics and Animal Consciousness: How Rubber the Ethical Ruler
The treatment of nonhuman animals has been marked by extremes of beneficence and cruelty. The ethical guidelines explicitly or informally underlying how we regard other species have been marked by inconsistency and an elastic ethics. One of the major controversies involved in nonhuman animal rights and welfare discussions involves the level of their awareness or consciousness of ill treatment. The varying ways in which this issue has been concept…
From Play Date to Stress Fate: Juvenile Social Play Rescues Stress‐Induced Changes in Adult Social Behavior
Long‐term effects of social play on neural and behavioral development remain unclear. We investigated whether just 1 h of juvenile social play could rescue the effects of play deprivation on stress‐related behavior and markers of neural plasticity. Syrian hamsters were reared from postnatal days 21–43 in three conditions: peer isolation, peer isolation with daily social play sessions (dyadic play), or group‐housed with littermates. In adulthood, …
The Janus-Faced Nature of Comparative Psychology - Strength or Weakness
What is the nature of comparative psychology and how does or should it relate to evolutionary psychology? This is a time of reassessment of both fields and this article reviews the history of comparative psychology and its relationships with evolutionary psychology, ethology, and other approaches to behavior from the perspective of a former editor of the Journal of Comparative Psychology who has spent many decades engaged in research in animal be…
Animal awareness: Current perceptions and historical perspective
Anecdotes and critical anthropomorphism
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Witmer on comparative psychology
Witmer on comparative psychology
Heeding the Cry
Book reviewed in this article: Animal Consciousness. By Daisie Radner and Michael Radner The Unheeded Cry: Animal Consciousness, Animal Pain and Science. By Bernard E. Rollin
The Genesis of Animal Play: Testing the Limits
In The Genesis of Animal Play, Gordon Burghardt examines the origins and evolution of play in humans and animals. He asks what play might mean in our understanding of evolution, the brain, behavioral organization, and psychology. Is play essential to development? Is it the driving force behind human and animal behavior? What is the proper place for the study of play in the cognitive, behavioral, and biological sciences? The engaging nature of pla…
Combating Ophiophobia: Origins, Treatment, Education, and Conservation Tools
Ethics and Animal Consciousness: How Rubber the Ethical Ruler
The treatment of nonhuman animals has been marked by extremes of beneficence and cruelty. The ethical guidelines explicitly or informally underlying how we regard other species have been marked by inconsistency and an elastic ethics. One of the major controversies involved in nonhuman animal rights and welfare discussions involves the level of their awareness or consciousness of ill treatment. The varying ways in which this issue has been concept…
The Janus-Faced Nature of Comparative Psychology - Strength or Weakness
What is the nature of comparative psychology and how does or should it relate to evolutionary psychology? This is a time of reassessment of both fields and this article reviews the history of comparative psychology and its relationships with evolutionary psychology, ethology, and other approaches to behavior from the perspective of a former editor of the Journal of Comparative Psychology who has spent many decades engaged in research in animal be…
Play and the human condition
When I was in the midst of writing my conceptual and empirical overview of play in animals, Brian Sutton-Smith published, in 1997, his compact and magisterial work, The Ambiguity of Play. I immedia
What is the state of play
Increasing numbers of researchers and practitioners in diverse fields around the world are recognizing the power of theater improvization as a way to play and promote human development in a variety
The evolution and ontogeny of play: Comparative Perspectives
This special issue of the International Journal of Play is devoted to the evolution and ontogeny of play and includes papers on various animals, children, and a diversity of phenomena all related to this theme. Papers in the issue provide original data on these species: rheas, Beluga whales, wolves, Japanese monkeys, gorillas, and human children as well as a phylogenetic analysis of social play in primates. While social play is emphasized, object…
The development of object play in wolf puppies (Canis lupus)
Studies exploring the development of object play of wolf pups are lacking. Comparisons of wolves vs. dogs can aid in teasing out the influences of domestication on any differences uncovered between wolves and various dog breeds. We investigated the development of object play from 2 to 9 weeks of age (14–63 days) in 2 litters of hand-reared wolf pups (Canis lupus). Both litters of pups were video-recorded in their home enclosures at week and mid-w…
From Play Date to Stress Fate: Juvenile Social Play Rescues Stress‐Induced Changes in Adult Social Behavior
Long‐term effects of social play on neural and behavioral development remain unclear. We investigated whether just 1 h of juvenile social play could rescue the effects of play deprivation on stress‐related behavior and markers of neural plasticity. Syrian hamsters were reared from postnatal days 21–43 in three conditions: peer isolation, peer isolation with daily social play sessions (dyadic play), or group‐housed with littermates. In adulthood, …
The enduring search for the nature of play
Psychology (13 works) · Biology (5 works) · Animal and Plant Science Education (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Human-Animal Interaction Studies (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (3 works) · Child and Animal Learning Development (3 works) · Comparative psychology (3 works) · Ecology (3 works)