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The Power of Play

2019 · 52m · Documentary

IMDb
8.1

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Overview

Lizards do it. Even fish do it. The animal world is showing us why play is a serious matter. Through a combination of ongoing experiments, reconstructed experiments and guided observation, 'The Power of Play' reveals surprising truths about play in the natural world. Scientists from Europe, the United States and Canada, many of them pioneers in the field, offer convincing evidence that play is not to be taken lightly. In fact, it has the power to make animals and humans smarter, healthier and more likely to survive.

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Cast

Stuart Brown

Self (Play Researcher)

Mariana Brussoni

Self (Developmental Psychologist)

Gordon Burghardt

Self (Reptile Researcher)

Matthew Cooper

Self (Neuroscientist)

Geoff D'Eon

Narrator (voice)

Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter

Self (Child Psychologist)

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Self (Developmental Psychologist)

Kathryn Kegel

Self (Seattle Aquarium)

Elisabetta Palagi

Self (Primate Researcher)

Sergio Pellis

Self (Neuroscientist)

Jonathan Pruitt

Self (Behavioral Ecologist)

Crew

Details

Release date
August 23, 2019
Status
Released
Original language
English
Runtime
52m
Genres
Documentary

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