Read a few articles about affective neuroscience pioneered by Jaan Panksepp. Playing is creativity and learning. It’s how we learn new things we have not been

Read a few articles about affective neuroscience pioneered by Jaan Panksepp. Playing is creativity and learning. It’s how we learn new things we have not been directly exposed to. Basically we have defined play far to narrowly and it is the basis for all learning/creativity in non-stressful situations. As opposed to learning in reaction to a situation.