Polar Bear and Dog in Rough and Tumble Play

www.nifplay.org/polar-husky.html

Here's an extraordinary series of photos from the National Institute for Play illustrating Panksepp's finding that there is a hardwired PLAY circuit in the brain. It's found to activate more of the brain than any of the other circuits such as ANGER, SAD, FEAR, PANIC, etc. Panksepp reports that approximately 50% of ADHD in the United States may be related to insufficient "rough-and-tumble" play. The President of the National Institute for Play said that a study of serial killers found they had one thing in common --- a strict father than forbade play. Message: play heals? Laughter is the best medicine? I know tossing around ideas, scientific findings and metaphors with Panksepp yesterday felt like rough and tumble thought, and it was highly medicinal!!