Why play is vital — no matter your age: Stuart Brown on TED.com

tedstaff — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:00:00 +0000

A pioneer in research on play, Stuart Brown says humor, games, roughhousing, flirtation and fantasy are more than just fun. Plenty of play in childhood makes for happy, smart adults — and keeping it up can make us smarter at any age. (Recorded at Serious Play in May 2008, in Pasadena, California. Duration: 26:42.)

Watch Stuart Brown’s talk from Serious Play ’08 on TED.com, where you can download this TEDTalk, rate it, comment on it and find other talks and performances from our archive of 390+ TEDTalks — including more talks about our brains.

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Why play is vital — no matter your age: Stuart Brown on TED.com