Talk:Play (activity)

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cognitively advanced non-human species

I abhor the description of play's usefulness to "cognitively advanced non-human species", as currently mentioned twice (!) in teh lede.

First the term is vague, though sounding specific. second, most if not all mammals and birds can be observed playing. i am no fish and insect expert but i wouldnt be surprised if they play too. I suggest to delete this "cognitively advanced" and "higher functioning".--Wuerzele (talk) 04:05, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Source to work into the article.

"Parrots find 'laughter' contagious and high-five in mid air". New Scientist. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017. - includes link to article in Current Biology. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 18:09, 21 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
[bumblebees playing]

Adding cultural evidence to the article

Hi, my group and I are participating of a course at University of new Hampshire about learning and development and we are going to add some informations on the topic "Cultural differences of play", "forms" and "benefits". Thanks Lihfrancisco (talk) 16:43, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Foreign language articles

Found a Japanese article:

Kido, Miki; Shozo Fukada (2018-06-29). "Meanings of young children's joke behaviors during free play" (PDF). Bulletin of the Faculty of Education (in Japanese). Ehime University. pp. 97–106.

WhisperToMe (talk) 12:33, 11 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

and can even act as a stepping stone into the world of integration, which can be a very stressful

what is 'integration' .. worth adding a link? hza (talk) 05:30, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]