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ERIC Number: EJ569147
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Physical Play and Cognitive Development: Integrating Activity, Cognition, and Education.
Bjorklund, David F.; Brown, Rhonda Douglas
Child Development, v69 n3 p604-06 Jun 1998
Proposes that humans may have evolved a special sensitivity to certain types of social information during rough-and-tumble play that facilitates social cognition. Describes the cognitive benefits of physical play as providing a break from demanding intellectual tasks and hypothesizes that physical play is related to gender differences in spatial cognition. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Evolution, Learning Activities, Physical Activities, Play, Sex Differences, Social Cognition, Spatial Ability
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Play Theory
Note: Comments on Pellegrini and Smith article (PS 528 098) in this issue.