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Taylor & Francis Technology Play and Brain Development Infancy to Adolescence and Future Implications 2015 Edition by Doris Bergen, Darrel R. Davis, Jason T. Abbitt
Technology Play and Brain Development brings together current research on play development, learning technology, and brain development. The authors first navigate the play technology and brain development interface, highlighting the interactive qualities that make up each component. Next, they survey the changes in play materials and the variations in time periods for play that have occurred over the past 15-20 years, and then explain how these changes have had the potential to affect this play/brain developmental interaction. The authors also cover various types of technology-augmented play materials used by children at age levels from infancy to adolescence, and describe the particular qualities that may enhance or change brain development. In so doing, they present information on previous and current studies of the play and technology interface, in addition to providing behavioral data collected from parents and children of varied ages related to their play with different types of play materials. Significantly, they discuss how such play may affect social, emotional, moral, and cognitive development, and review futurist predictions about the potential qualities of human behavior needed by generations to come. The authors conclude with advice to toy and game designers, parents, educators, and the wider community on ways to enhance the quality of technology-augmented play experiences so that play will continue to promote the development of human characteristics needed in the future. Table of contents :- 1. Brain Maturation and Typical Play Development from Infancy through Adolescence: Complimentary Dynamic Processes with Technology2. Changes in Play Environments with Advent of Technology-Augmented Play Materials: Representation Modes and Affordances within Physical and Virtual Contexts3. Potential Influences of Representation Modes and Affordances on Various Types of Technology-Augmented Play: Gains and Losses 4. Comparing Developmental Influences of Technology-Augmented Play: Researchers, Parents, and Children's Perspectives 5. Predicting the Brain/Play/Technology Interface in Future Society: Implications for Human Development6. Facilitating Optimum Brain Maturation and Play Development in a Technologically Diverse Society: Roles of Technology Designers, Community Stakeholders, Educators, and ParentsEpilogue Glossary of Brain and Nervous System Terms