The Genesis of Animal Play Testing the Limits

• Huvudskapare: Burghardt, Gordon M. (auth)
• Materialtyp: Elektronisk Bokavsnitt
• Språk: engelska
• Publicerad: Cambridge The MIT Press 2006
• Serie: A Bradford Book
• Ämnen: Drug-induced states; Cognition and cognitive psychology
• Länkar: 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...