Play
Subtitle: how it shapes the brain, opens the imagination, and invigorates the soul
By: Stuart Brown with Christopher Vaughan.
Contributors: Vaughan, Christopher.
Publisher: Avery
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781583333334
Subjects: Play -- Psychological aspects; Play -- Social aspects; Mind and body
Description: From a leading expert comes a groundbreaking book on the science of play, and its essential role in fueling intelligence and happiness throughout life. Dr. Brown shows that play is anything but trivial--it is a biological drive as integral to health as sleep or nutrition.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The promise of play; title: What is play, and why do we do it?; title: We are built for play; title: Parenthood is child's play; title: The opposite of play is not work; title: Playing together; title: Does play have a dark side?; title: A world at play.