Heterospecific play, or rat tickling, enhances positive affect towards humans without altering anxiety-related behaviors in female and male Sprague Dawley rats.
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- 2026 Sep 18
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@article{allodium:10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115509,
title = {Heterospecific play, or rat tickling, enhances positive affect towards humans without altering anxiety-related behaviors in female and male Sprague Dawley rats.},
author = {Paranzino EE and Poshni AA and Kaufman MN and Tsuda MC},
year = {2026},
journal = {Physiology \& behavior},
doi = {10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115509},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115509}
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TY - JOUR TI - Heterospecific play, or rat tickling, enhances positive affect towards humans without altering anxiety-related behaviors in female and male Sprague Dawley rats. AU - Paranzino EE AU - Poshni AA AU - Kaufman MN AU - Tsuda MC PY - 2026 JO - Physiology & behavior DO - 10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115509 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115509 ER -
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EE, P., AA, P., MN, K., & MC, T. (2026). Heterospecific play, or rat tickling, enhances positive affect towards humans without altering anxiety-related behaviors in female and male Sprague Dawley rats.. Physiology & behavior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115509
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