Physical play and cognitive development: integrating activity, cognition, and education.
We propose that humans may have evolved a special sensitivity to certain types of social information during rough-and-tumble play that facilitates social cognition. The cognitive benefits of physical play are described as providing a break from demanding intellectual tasks, and are hypothesized to be related to gender differences in spatial cognition.
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Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton 33431, USA. DBjorklund@fau.edu
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012737:Sex Factors; D012951:Socialization; D013028:Space Perception