Play Scientists
Voices of Play Research.
Meet the leading researchers, clinicians, and scholars who are uncovering the profound biological and psychological impacts of play on the human experience.
Sandra W. Russ, PhD
Monica Blum, PhD
Caroline P. Cárdenas, PhD
Peter K. Smith, PhD
Stephen M. Siviy, PhD
Vivien Pellis, PhD
Peter Gray, PhD
René Proyer, PhD
Jean Piaget, PhD
Brian Sutton-Smith, PhD
Stuart Brown, MD
Marc Bekoff, PhD
Jane Goodall, DBE
Joe L. Frost, EdD
Anthony D. Pellegrini, PhD
Sergio Pellis, PhD
Elisabetta Palagi, PhD
Jaak Panksepp, PhD
David Elkind, PhD
Robert M. Fagen, PhD
Marian C. Diamond, PhD
Scott G. Eberle, PhD
Gordon Burghardt, PhD
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, PhD
Doris Bergen, PhD
Jeffrey S. Burgdorf, PhD
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, PhD
Thomas S. Henricks, PhD
Alison Gopnik, PhD
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, PhD
Allan N. Schore, PhD
Louk Vanderschuren, PhD
Jill Vialet
Lev S. Vygotsky, PhD