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Sergio Pellis
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Latest papers
Chronic exposure to ∆ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol in adolescence decreases social play behaviours.
F1000Research · 2021
A structural comparison of female-male and female-female mounting in Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata).
Behavioural processes · 2015
Down but not out: supine postures as facilitators of play in domestic dogs.
Behavioural processes · 2015
Latest funding
- $62,000
Social play, the prefrontal cortex and the development of socio-cognitive skills
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $240,000
Play and the development of the brain's social skills
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
- $146,839
Rebuilding a Mouse Behavioural Neuroscience Facility
NSERC · 2015 · Co-investigator
3 publications.
Chronic exposure to ∆ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol in adolescence decreases social play behaviours.
Keeley R, Himmler S, Pellis S, McDonald R
A structural comparison of female-male and female-female mounting in Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata).
Ottenheimer Carrier L, Leca JB, Pellis S, Vasey PL
Down but not out: supine postures as facilitators of play in domestic dogs.
Norman K, Pellis S, Barrett L, Peter Henzi S
Social play, the prefrontal cortex and the development of socio-cognitive skills
Principal investigators: Pellis, Sergio
Keywords: rough-and-tumble play; executive functions; medial prefrontal cortex; orbital frontal cortex; ontogeny; evolution; communication; rats; primates; dendritic morphology
Play and the development of the brain's social skills
Principal investigators: Pellis, Sergio
Keywords: brain development; evolution of social skills; executive functions; play fighting; prefrontal cortex; primates; psychosocial development; rats; rules of reciprocity; social competence
Rebuilding a Mouse Behavioural Neuroscience Facility
Principal investigators: Metz, Gerlinde
Play and the Development of the Social Brain
Principal investigators: Pellis, Sergio
Canadian Stroke Network (2006 Renewal Competition)
Principal investigators: Hakim, Antoine
MRI upgrades to enable rodent and human research
Principal investigators: Sutherland, Robert
Canadian Stroke Network (2006 Renewal Competition)
Principal investigators: Hakim, Antoine
Competing to cooperate: developing a social brain
Principal investigators: Pellis, Sergio
Play as a tool for social assessment and manipulation
Principal investigators: Pellis, Sergio
Animal housing infrastructure
Principal investigators: Pellis, Sergio
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Robert McDonald and Sergio Pellis: 1 shared paper
- Sergio Pellis and Louise Barrett: 1 shared paper
- Sergio Pellis and Jean-Baptiste Leca: 1 shared paper
- Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience
- Psychology
- Psychology Department
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