Physical play and cognitive development: Integrating activity, cognition, and education

Author(s): Brown, R. D.

Journal/Book: Child Develop. 1998; 69: 5720 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637. Univ Chicago Press. 604-606.

Abstract: 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.

Note: Editorial Bjorklund DF, Florida Atlantic Univ, Dept Psychol, Boca Raton,FL 33431 USA

Keyword(s): CLASSROOM BEHAVIORS

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