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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.

Jane Goodall, DBE
Jane Goodall, DBE
Joe L. Frost, EdD
Stuart Brown, MD
Marc Bekoff, PhD
Doris Bergen, PhD
Jeffrey S. Burgdorf, PhD
Gordon Burghardt, PhD
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, PhD
Marian C. Diamond, PhD
Scott G. Eberle, PhD
David Elkind, PhD
Robert M. Fagen, PhD
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, PhD
Alison Gopnik, PhD
Thomas S. Henricks, PhD
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, PhD
Elisabetta Palagi, PhD
Jaak Panksepp, PhD
Anthony D. Pellegrini, PhD
Sergio Pellis, PhD
Jean Piaget, PhD
Brian Sutton-Smith, PhD
Peter Gray, PhD
René Proyer, PhD
Stephen M. Siviy, PhD
Vivien Pellis, PhD
Sandra W. Russ, PhD
Peter K. Smith, PhD