“…Play behavior has been suggested to be crucial for development, as cognitive and social skills and kinematic control are rehearsed, when unexpected situations and sudden loss of control are experienced during play, with playing partners typically switching between controlled and self‐handicapping movements (Spinka et al, ). Types of play in animals include object, locomotor‐rotational, and social play (Held & Spinka, ), the latter being the most extensively studied (Burghardt, ), especially in rats (Douglas, Varlinskaya, & Spear, ; Knutson, Burgdorf, & Panksepp, ; Melotti, Bailoo, Murphy, Burman, & Würbel, ; Panksepp, ; Pellis & McKenna, ; Pellis & Pellis, , ; Pellis, Field, Smith, & Pellis, ; Vanderschuren, ).…”