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Why Do We Need to Play?
Play and Brain-growth
Sources
Is Play a Waste?
Evolutionary Advantage of Sports
Summary
Definition of Game
Play and Brain-growth
Why Do We Need to Play?
Play as Physical Practice
Play-as-preparation theory
Play is as fundamental as any other
aspect of life, including sleep and dreams
Play seems like a waste of energy
Puzzle
Toy
Competition
Game
A toy with an objective
Something that both fun and interactive
A puzzle which involves other agents
Competition where you can interact with other players
Robin Marantz Henig, "Taking Play Seriously"
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/magazine/17play.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Anders Hejdenberg, "The Psychology Behind Games"
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2289/the_psychology_behind_games.php
Keith Begley, "Why We Play Sport"
http://believeperform.com/coaching/why-we-play-sport/
Play intensity
Animals might use play to
develop their muscle memory
Growth of cerebellum
It's imortant not only in physical aspect
Life = Game
Little animals spend an estimated 2 to 15 percent of their daily calorie budget on play
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Game
Play is a central part of neurological growth and development
But play is often completely
different to real-life situation
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Tengiz Tetrashvili
Because sports have their unique rules, it's almost impossible to link them to actual survival advantages
Animals are vulnerable to predators while playing
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Child
Adult
Child
Game is interactive, goal-oriented and involves other agents - people
ESM, Group - 14-9
Children build complex, skilled, responsive, socially adept and cognitively flexible brains
Control group of 12 mice, who got to play got more developed brain and mature neuron connections
No difference was found between 11 cats that had been exposed to toys in their youth and 8 cats that had not