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A psychiatrist's scientific case for play as essential to human health and creativity throughout life. Why play is not frivolous — at every age, for health and for creative aliveness.
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Stuart Brown
Founded the National Institute for Play in 1996 after interviewing thousands of subjects — from murderers to Nobel laureates — about their play histories. Play (2009) made the case that play deprivation in childhood shapes the adult brain in measurable, lasting ways.
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