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The Playful Brain: Venturing to the Limits of Neuroscience

Sergio Pellis, Vivien Pellis  ·  2009

Pellis and Pellis bring together decades of rat play research to reveal what play does to the developing brain. Shows that rough-and-tumble play sculpts the orbitofrontal cortex and social brain, with implications for understanding ADHD, autism, and human social development.