http://stuartbrownmd.com/blog Play-How it shapes the Brain... Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:20:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://stuartbrownmd.com/blog/the-rise-in-anxiety-and-depression-and-the-decline-in-play/ http://stuartbrownmd.com/blog/the-rise-in-anxiety-and-depression-and-the-decline-in-play/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:00:44 +0000 chris http://stuartbrownmd.com/blog/?p=116 Boston College professor Peter Gray argues that the rise in anxiety and depression among kids is tied to a lack of a sense of control over their fate and a move toward emphasizing external goals over internal ones. A sense of control over one’s life and narrative, and internal rewards are things that play provides.

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]]> http://stuartbrownmd.com/blog/let-the-children-play/feed/ 0 http://stuartbrownmd.com/blog/the-power-of-play-in-learning-part-ii/ http://stuartbrownmd.com/blog/the-power-of-play-in-learning-part-ii/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 18:40:27 +0000 chris http://stuartbrownmd.com/blog/the-power-of-play-in-learning-part-ii/ In his second post on this subject, Charles Lee Kelly talks more about training dogs with play and what this has to do with teaching kids and avoiding ADHD.

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