Play : How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the

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.

Stuart Brown, M.D. , is a medical doctor, psychiatrist, clinical researcher, and the founder of the National Institute for Play. He speaks regularly to Fortune 500 companies and groups across the country on the importance of play in our lives. Most recently, he appeared at the New York Public Library. The producer of a three-part PBS series, The Promise of Play, he has also appeared on NPR and was featured in a cover story in The New York Times Magazine.

Christopher Vaughan has been a journalist for more than twenty years. He cowrote the national bestseller The Promise of Sleep.

play Part One. why play?

Chapter One. the promise of play
Chapter Two. what is play, and why do we do it?
Chapter Three. we are built for play

Part Two. living the playful life

Chapter Four. parenthood is child's play
Chapter Five. the opposite of play is not work
Chapter Six. playing together
Chapter Seven. does play have a dark side?
Chapter Eight. a world at play

Acknowledgments
Index

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Play : How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul

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