What podcasts say about play
Every statement, with the speaker, the exact quote and the moment it was said.
What experts have said about play
9 statements · 8 positive · 1 neutral
Play develops skills needed for survival.
“play trains us in the skills that are necessary for survival”
Open the episode · The Brutal Reality For Most Men Today (& how to fix it) - Dr K HealthyGamer - #1151Listen at 7:11
Play triggers endogenous opioid release.
“Play evokes small amounts of opioid release into the system”
Open the episode · Essentials: Using Play to Rewire & Improve Your BrainListen at 1:28
Play expands the range of outcomes people can consider.
“play is really where we can expand our catalog of potential outcomes and it can be enormously enriching.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Using Play to Rewire & Improve Your BrainListen at 3:03
Creative and socially rich people tend to have a strong element of play.
“the tinkerers of the world, the true creatives, the people that build incredible technologies and art, and also that just have incredibly rich emotional and intellectual and social lives, all have a strong element of play.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Using Play to Rewire & Improve Your BrainListen at 3:12
Play enables low-stakes exploration of different outcomes.
“play allows children, and adults for that matter, to explore different outcomes in a kind of low stakes environment.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Using Play to Rewire & Improve Your BrainListen at 3:55
Play is contingency testing conducted under sufficiently low stakes.
“play is contingency testing under conditions where the stakes are sufficiently low”
Open the episode · Essentials: Using Play to Rewire & Improve Your BrainListen at 4:06
Play increases prefrontal-cortex plasticity.
“play is powerful at making your prefrontal cortex more plastic, more able to change in response to experience”
Open the episode · Essentials: Using Play to Rewire & Improve Your BrainListen at 8:34
Play contributes to adult identity development.
“there are different forms of play that help us establish who we will become as adults.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Using Play to Rewire & Improve Your BrainListen at 14:33
Play is the most powerful route to neuroplasticity.
“play is the most powerful portal to plasticity.”
Open the episode · Essentials: Using Play to Rewire & Improve Your BrainListen at 21:51
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