Goals, Play, and Cognitive Pragmatism: A study of flexible human minds
Few phenomena in childhood are as compelling or mystifying as play. While many animals play, human play is distinguished by the sheer diversity of goals that we pursue, even as adults. Yet the seeming inutility of play belies one of the hallmarks of intelligence: a remarkably flexible ability to rea...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2023
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/152563 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2778-6317 |