I argue that the evolution of our life history, with its distinctively long, protected human
childhood, allows an early period of broad hypothesis search and exploration, before the …

Play is of vital importance for the healthy development of children. From a developmental
perspective, play offers ample physical, emotional, cognitive, and social benefits. It allows …

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Acquiring a diverse repertoire of general-purpose skills remains an open challenge for
robotics. In this work, we propose self-supervising control on top of human teleoperated play …

The benefits gained by young animals engaging in play fighting have been a subject of
conjecture for over a hundred years. Progress in understanding the behavioral development …

Winner, 2020 ASCA Book Award, given by the Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis A
groundbreaking argument for the political rights of animals In When Animals Speak, Eva …

Leisure is a key life domain and a core ingredient for overall well-being. Yet, within positive
psychology, its definition and the psychological pathways by which it evokes happiness are …

Recent years have seen a rapid proliferation of mass-market consumer software that takes
inspiration from video games. Usually summarized as" gamification", this trend connects to a …

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 …

While trait positive emotionality and state positive-valence affect have long been the subject
of intense study, the importance of differentiating among several “discrete” positive emotions …