The Power of Play (2019)
Lizards do it. Even fish do it. The animal world is showing us why play is a serious matter. Through a combination of ongoing experiments, reconstructed experiments and guided observation, 'The Power of Play' reveals surprising truths about play in the natural world. Scientists from Europe, the United States and Canada, many of them pioneers in the field, offer convincing evidence that play is not to be taken lightly. In fact, it has the power to make animals and humans smarter, healthier and more likely to survive.
- Released
- 2019-08-23
- Genres
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 52 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Christine McLean
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Stuart Brown as Self (Play Researcher)
- Mariana Brussoni as Self (Developmental Psychologist)
- Gordon Burghardt as Self (Reptile Researcher)
- Matthew Cooper as Self (Neuroscientist)
- Geoff D'Eon as Narrator (voice)
- Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter as Self (Child Psychologist)
- Kathy Hirsh-Pasek as Self (Developmental Psychologist)
- Kathryn Kegel as Self (Seattle Aquarium)
- Elisabetta Palagi as Self (Primate Researcher)
- Sergio Pellis as Self (Neuroscientist)
- Jonathan Pruitt as Self (Behavioral Ecologist)
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