Decision-making, problem-solving, learning and development. Let’s play!

With never-before-seen video, primatologist Isabel Behncke Izquierdo (a TED Fellow) shows how bonobo ape society learns from constantly playing — solo, with friends, even as a prelude to sex. Indeed, play appears to be the bonobos’ key to problem-solving and avoiding conflict. If it works for our close cousins, why not for us?

A fantastic talk by Isabel Behncke about play and it’s influential role in learning and development. It also beautifully shows why it is so important to have fun in life …

Enjoy

Gert-Jan Pepping is an Associate Professor in Human Movement at the School of Behavioural and Health Sciences of AUstralian Catholic University, Brisbane, Australia.

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