The Importance of Play
Apr 28th, 2010 by David Svet
I’ve written several posts about play and gaming as a central component of the creative process, things that are all innately human. I recently saw this related video embedded below of a TED talk by Dr. Stuart Brown from the National Institute for Play (yes, there is such a place). Dr. Brown is a pioneer in research on play and the impact that it has on our psychological well-being. He came to research play while conducting research on murderers. He found a stunning commonality in the murderers’ backgrounds: lack of play in childhood. Since then his work has uncovered a strong correlation between success and play — not just for children, but at all life stages.
The bottom line is that play is really good for us helping us to be creative and successful. I think play is a central component in the creative problem solving process. Let me know what you think of Dr. Brown’s talk.
