Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul by Stuart Brown, Paperback, 9781921640537 | Buy online at The Nile
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Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul

How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul

Author: Stuart Brown and Christopher Vaughan  

Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
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As we become adults, taking time to play feels like a guilty pleasure - a distraction from 'real' work and life. But play is anything but trivial. It is a biological drive as integral to our health as sleep or nutrition. In fact, our ability to play throughout life is the single most important factor in determining our success and happiness.

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As we become adults, taking time to play feels like a guilty pleasure - a distraction from 'real' work and life. But play is anything but trivial. It is a biological drive as integral to our health as sleep or nutrition. In fact, our ability to play throughout life is the single most important factor in determining our success and happiness.

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We've all seen the happiness in the face of a child while playing in the schoolyard. Or the blissful abandon of a golden retriever racing with glee across a lawn. This is the joy of play. By definition, play is purposeless and all-consuming. And, most important, it's fun.As we become adults, taking time to play feels like a guilty pleasure - a distraction from 'real' work and life. But as Dr. Stuart Brown illustrates, play is anything but trivial. It is a biological drive as integral to our health as sleep or nutrition. In fact, our ability to play throughout life is the single most important factor in determining our success and happiness.Play explains why play is essential to our social skills, adaptability, intelligence, creativity, ability to problem solve, and more. Play is hardwired into our brains - it is the mechanism by which we become resilient, smart, and adaptable people.Beyond play's role in our personal fulfilment, its benefits have profound implications for child development and the way we parent, education and social policy, business innovation, productivity, and even the future of our society. From new research suggesting the direct role of three-dimensional-object play in shaping our brains to animal studies showing the startling effects of the lack of play, Brown provides a sweeping look at the latest breakthroughs in our understanding of the importance of this behaviour. A fascinating blend of cutting-edge neuroscience, biology, psychology, social science, and inspiring human stories of the transformative power of play, this book proves why play just might be the most important work we can ever do.

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Publisher
Scribe Publications
Published
28th June 2010
Pages
240
ISBN
9781921640537

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