# Play is more than just fun

- Institution: TED
- Department: Serious Play 2008
- Speaker: Stuart Brown
- Year: 2008
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_play_is_more_than_just_fun)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

A pioneer in research on play, Dr. Stuart Brown says humor, games, roughhousing, flirtation and fantasy are more than just fun. Plenty of play in childhood makes for happy, smart adults -- and keeping it up can make us smarter at any age.

## Lectures

1. [Play is more than just fun](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/stuart_brown_play_is_more_than_just_fun/6af6e5a4a78a), 27 min (TED's player)