Social play experience in juvenile rats is indispensable for appropriate socio-sexual behavior in adulthood in males but not females by Ashley E. Marquardt, Jonathan W. VanRyzin, Rebeca W. Fuquen, Margaret M. McCarthy, Margaret M. McCarthy

“…However, the vast majority of these studies were conducted in one sex only, a critical concern given the fact that there are known sex differences in play’s expression: across nearly all species that play, males play more frequently and intensely than females, and there are qualitative sex differences in play patterns. …”
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PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF HABILITATION AND REHABILITATION OF CHILDREN FROM CHILDREN’S HOMES WITH NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DELAY OF PSYCHOSOCIAL GENESIS by Anna V. Dubovaya, Sergey Ya. Iaroshenko

“…The complex of habilitation and rehabilitation measures included optimization of the daily routine, conditioning exercises, music, toy and fairy tale therapy, sessions of individual play and play in small groups of 2–3 people in a separate playroom, phototherapy with bright solar spectrum lamps, enriched sensory envi-ronment, increased physical activity, differentiated drug support with L-carnitine, glycine, hopantenic acid, magnesium and pyridoxine complex. …”
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The Possibility of Using Role-Play to Train Executive Functions in Preschoolers by Veraksa A.N., Almazova O.V., Bukhalenkova D.A., Gavrilova M.N.

“…In modern pre-school education, more and more time is devoted to educational activities, while kindergarten children have very little time to play. However, play activity is extremely important for the development of inhibition in preschoolers. …”
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Do girls wash dishes and boys play sports? Gender inequalities in physical activity and in the use of screen-based devices among schoolchildren from urban and rural areas in Brazil by Gilmar Mercês de Jesus, Lizziane Andrade Dias, Anna Karolina Cerqueira Barros, Lara Daniele Matos dos Santos Araujo, Mayva Mayana Ferreira Schrann

“…Methods Data from two population-based surveys conducted in 2019 (urban areas: n = 2,479; 52.6% girls; age = 9.2 ± 1.51 years) and 2022 (rural areas: n = 979; 42.6% girls; age = 9.4 ± 1.52 years) were used. PA (active play, nonactive play, home chores, and structured physical activities) and the use of screen-based devices (TV, cellphone, videogame, and computer) were self-reported in a previous-day-recall online questionnaire (Web-CAAFE). …”
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Parents, Teachers, and Community: A Team Approach to Developing Physical Competence in Children by Matthew S. Chapelski, Marta C. Erlandson, Alexandra L. Stoddart, Amanda Froehlich Chow, Adam D. G. Baxter-Jones, M. Louise Humbert

“…Physical competence was evaluated pre- and post-intervention in 103 intervention (41 female) and 83 usual practice (36 female) children using PLAY Fun. PLAY Parent and PLAY Coach tools measured parent and teacher perspectives of children’s physical competence, respectively. …”
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Playing with a Doll Family: Key Characteristics of Junior Preschoolers’ Play Behaviour by Vera L. Sukhikh, Nikolai N. Veresov, Margarita N. Gavrilova

“…The age of 3-4 years is the initial stage in the development of pretend play, or play involving an imaginary situation. In this process, the leading role belongs to dramatic play with toys, the importance of which for children’s development cannot be underestimated. …”
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The differences in physical activity levels in preschool children during free play recess and structured play recess by Megan L. Frank, Anna Flynn, Gregory S. Farnell, Jacob E. Barkley

“…Methods: PA was measured via accelerometers in preschool-aged children (n = 29) during three, 30-min recess conditions (control; structured play; free play) on separate school days. Tertile splits were performed based on PA during the free play condition and children were divided into three groups: highly, moderately and least active. …”
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Children and innovation: play, play objects and object play in cultural evolution by Felix Riede, Matthew J. Walsh, April Nowell, Michelle C. Langley, Niels N. Johannsen

“…In introducing the special collection on children and innovation, we here place object play and play objects – especially functional miniatures – from carefully chosen archaeological contexts in a niche construction perspective. …”
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Playfulness and New Technologies in Hand Therapy for Children With Cerebral Palsy: Scoping Review by Tamara Veronica Pinos Cisneros, Annette Brons, Ben Kröse, Ben Schouten, Geke Ludden

“…Data were extracted and analyzed based on the type of technology, description of the system, and playful elements according to the Lenses of Play, a play design toolkit. A total of 31 studies were included in the analysis. …”
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Ways and means of creating a comic effect in English drama discourse by A. A. Kharkovskaya, К. А. Vykhlyaeva

“…In the course of the study, a selection of text fragments was formed, which made it possible to identify a number of authorial techniques for creating a comic effect, the mechanisms of which are repeatedly duplicated from play to play, which makes it possible to suggest the presence of a characteristic comic style inherent in this trio of playwrights. …”
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Prolegomenon to an investigation of inhibition in design by Lark, Michael (Michael Andrew), 1965-

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Foundational Movement Skills and Play Behaviors during Recess among Preschool Children: A Compositional Analysis by Lawrence Foweather, Matteo Crotti, Jonathan D. Foulkes, Mareesa V. O’Dwyer, Till Utesch, Zoe R. Knowles, Stuart J. Fairclough, Nicola D. Ridgers, Gareth Stratton

“…A modified System for Observing Children’s Activity and Relationships during Play assessed play behaviors during preschool recess. Associations between the composition of recess play behaviors with FMS were analyzed using compositional data analysis and linear regression. …”
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Lavakujunduse nähtamatust olekust. Mängu esteetika lavaruumi loomisel / The Invisible Dimension of Scenography. Aesthetics of Play in Creating Stage Space by Liina Unt

“…This paper examines scenography as an active play environment. Play, in the context of theatre space, is defined according to the classical characteristic features of playing: spatial and temporal limits, fictionality that runs in parallel with everyday reality, and direct involvement.  …”
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Play within a play in Cervantes' dramas by J. Dann Cazés Gryj

“…It examines how the elements of drama and performance work in the creation of the context that will help to establish the limits between the reality of the "frame play" (main play) and that of the "play framed" (secondary play), and how establishing the difference between these two levels of reality is essential in making the dynamic of the dramas comprehensible.…”
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Clustering Performances in Elite Basketball Matches According to the Anthropometric Features of the Line-ups Based on Big Data Technology by Xiao Xu, Mingxin Zhang, Qing Yi

“…The aims of this study were: 1) to conduct a descriptive analysis of the anthropometric features of the line-ups of strong teams (top 16) in the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup; 2) to group the line-ups mentioned above into different clusters based on their average height, weight, and body mass index (BMI); and 3) to explore the performance variables that discriminate between various line-up clusters. The play-by-play statistics were collected from 104 team objects in 67 games and 525 line-ups were analyzed using two-step cluster and discriminant analysis. …”
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Adults Play but Not Like Their Young: The Frequency and Types of Play by Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in Human Care by Heather Hill, Domonique Ramirez

“…Immature belugas exhibited four times as many play bouts (n = 405) compared to adult play events (n = 92) and included motor play, water play, and object play as well as some social interactions (e.g., play chases). …”
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Parent perceived barriers and facilitators of children’s adventurous play in Britain: a framework analysis by Brooke E. Oliver, Rachel J. Nesbit, Rachel McCloy, Kate Harvey, Helen F. Dodd

“…Abstract Background From a public health perspective there is growing interest in children’s play, including play involving risk and adventure, in relation to children’s physical and mental health. …”
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Comparing Torque Transmission of Different Bracket Systems in Combination with Various Archwires Considering Play in the Bracket Slot: An In Vitro Study by Andrea Wichelhaus, Simon Guggenbühl, Linus Hötzel, Corinna L. Seidel, Hisham Sabbagh, Lea Hoffmann

“…A reference measurement with 0 Nmm torque served to evaluate bracket slot play. Bracket play (0 Nmm) during palatal load ranged between 20.06° and 32.50° for 0.016″ × 0.022″ wire, 12.83° and 21.11° for 0.018″ × 0.025″ wire, and 8.39° and 18.73° for 0.019″ × 0.025″ wire. …”
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Age-appropriate adaptation of creativity tasks for infants aged 12-24 months by Teo, Ling Zheng, Leong, Victoria

“…The modified creativity battery for infants includes three tasks: Music Play, Object Play and Exploratory Play tasks. The task protocols elaborated in this paper are intended to facilitate studies on the early development of creativity in infants aged between 12 and 24 months. …”
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The Image of Antique Philosopher Diogenes in John Amos Comenius' Play for XVII Century School Theatre by Svetlana Mashevskaya

“…The article presents a summary of the play. The play covers the entire life of the main character, which is not typical of the XVIIth century school plays. …”
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