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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

Thanks for your attention

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

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