Pretend play has been claimed to be crucial to children's healthy development. Here we
examine evidence for this position versus 2 alternatives: Pretend play is 1 of many routes to …

Defining play has plagued researchers and philosophers for years. From describing play as
an inaccessible concept due to its complexity, to providing checklists of features, the field …

Young children are surrounded by fictional media, including books, videos, and games.
Often they are expected to learn new information from these explicitly fictional sources, while …

Learning through play: a review of the evidence Page 1 Jennifer M. Zosh, Emily J. Hopkins,
Hanne Jensen, Claire Liu, Dave Neale, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, S. Lynneth Solis and David …

Context The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends routine
(nontargeted) opt-out HIV screening in health care settings, including emergency …

I draw on a substantial body of theoretical and empirical research on machine learning tools,
algorithms, and techniques in retail business operations. With increasing evidence of online …

Previous work showed that people find explanations more satisfying when they contain
irrelevant neuroscience information. The current studies investigate why this effect happens …

There is a considerable body of research which is indicative, relating children's play and
aspects of their learning and development. This evidence includes work in evolutionary and …

Previous work has found that people feel significantly more satisfied with explanations of
psychological phenomena when those explanations contain neuroscience information …

I draw on a substantial body of theoretical and empirical research on virtual commerce in a
decentralized blockchain-based metaverse. With increasing evidence of immersive …