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 people smarter at any age.Brown came to research play through research on murderers--unlikely as that seems--after he found a stunning common thread in killers' stories: lack of play in childhood. Since then, he's interviewed thousands of people to catalog their relationships with play, noting a strong correlation between success and playful activity.
Follow the links to hear Brown discuss the importance of play to human development and discover the National Institute for Play.
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