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Physical Play and Cognitive Development: Integrating Activity, Cognition, and Education
Author(s) -
Bjorklund David F.,
Brown Rhonda Douglas
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1998.tb06229.x
Subject(s) - psychology , cognition , cognitive development , cognitive psychology , child development , developmental psychology , cognitive science , neuroscience
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.