The Genesis of Animal Play Testing the Limits

• मुख्य लेखक: Burghardt, Gordon M. (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Cambridge The MIT Press 2006
• श्रृंखला: A Bradford Book
• विषय: Drug-induced states; Cognition and cognitive psychology
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In The Genesis of Animal Play, Gordon Burghardt examines the origins and evolution of play in humans and animals. He asks what play might mean in our understanding of evolution, the brain, behavioral organization, and psychology. Is play essential to development? Is it the driving force behind human...