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| Other authors / contributors: | Martin, Paul, 1958 May 11-
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| ISBN: | 9781461934004
1461934001
1139057693
9781139057691
9781107015135
1107015138
9781107689343
1107689341
9781107273900
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-149) and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | "What role does playful behaviour and playful thought take in animal and human development? How does play relate to creativity and, in turn, to innovation? Unravelling the different meanings of 'play', this book focuses on non-aggressive playful play. The authors emphasise its significance for development and evolution, before examining the importance of playfulness in creativity. This discussion sheds new light on the links between creativity and innovation, distinguishing between the generation of novel behaviour and ideas on the one hand, and the implementation of these novelties on the other. The authors then turn to the role of play in the development of the child and to parallels between play, humour and dreaming, along with the altered states of consciousness generated by some psychoactive drugs. A final chapter looks forward to future research and to what remains to be discovered in this fascinating and important field"--
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| Other form: | Print version: Bateson, P.P.G. (Paul Patrick Gordon), 1938- Play, playfulness, creativity and innovation. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013 9781107015135
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