subject: Play Is An Indispensable Part Of Life [print this page] See a child or a little dog in play you won't surprise, but if it is a tortoise even a little hornets? Yes, they also play.
In fact, professor of psychology at the University of Tennessee, it seems Gordon Burghardt, not just dogs, cats and monkeys, fish, reptiles and invertebrates, and many other animals need a little play time. "I have studied young reptiles for many years, never seen anything that could be seen as a play thing, but when I saw the National Zoo in Washington, called Pigface a Nile soft-shell turtle will be a basketball play at running, I suddenly realized that reptiles also will play.
Burghardt was the first human and the former species did not expect to play in the definition of" play "one of the scientists, who will play five criteria summarized in one sentence: play is a kind of repetitive behaviors, do not have full functionality, is that when animals or humans in a relaxed or low-pressure environment, age, background or behavior voluntarily initiated. Burghardt believes that by playing a more accurate description of the characteristics and behavior throughout the animal kingdom on this observation, human beings can understand themselves better.
"Compared with humans, in animals, we can play a more accurate assessment of learning skills and maintain physical and mental adaptability, enhancing the role of social relations", Burghardt said, "so we can find a variety of applications in humans to see if there is play the same driving force. For example, to play in reducing children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is in the role of research, the research-based mice. "In addition, play has been used to aid treatment of mental disorders of children. Similarly, the activities for retirees and also the beneficial effects of intellectual stimulation studies. The work of play will be similar to humans of all ages. "Human children and adults often have some pleasant physical and mental activities of the nature of self-reward, and in order to get a chance to work hard. For those lucky ones, their work itself is in play, when it meets the five standard time. "
Burghardt's research illustrates how to play the phenomenon of life rooted in the species, including the brain. Play, just as the psychological state of many animals, including emotion, motivation, perception and intelligence, is a part of their evolutionary history, rather than random, senseless act. "Play an indispensable part of life, born, it makes life more worthwhile."
