http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/mar/12/americas-1-prescription-play/ http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway031209h.mp3 America's #1 Prescription: PLAY! http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/mar/12/americas-1-prescription-play/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/play2.jpg true 5591 segment Ants do it. (says E.O. Wilson) Octopuses do it. Humans...mmmm, not so much. There's talk going around about the science of P-L-A-Y, and specifically, about what play means, how it lights up our brains, and why we feel like automatrons when we don't play. Today's prescription is written by Dr Stuart http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/play2_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/play2_26_square.jpg