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Executive function includes a broad range of higher- level cognitive processes, such as planning and decision-making, the management of information in memory, controlling negative feelings and actions, and smooth shifts from one task to another. Evidence from animal studies suggests that “play fighting” experiences, for example, benefit the synaptic growth and development of the prefrontal cortex, the area of the brain that influences executive function.

Quote ID: 03210

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Pasi Sahlberg, William Doyle

Source

Let The Children Play

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