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Stuart M. Brown Jr.


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Stuart Brown, M.D. is a medical doctor, psychiatrist, clinical researcher, and the founder of the National Institute for Play. He speaks regularly to Fortune 500 companies and groups across the country on the significance of play in our lives. The producer of a three-part PBS series, The Promise of Play, he has also appeared on NPR and was featured in a front-page story in The New York Times Magazine. He lives in Carmel Valley, California.

Dr. Stuart Brown is a medical professional trained in general and internal medicine, psychiatry, and clinical research. His studies on the importance of play began with research on homicidal young males and felony drunk drivers, where he found a common lack of play during childhood. Throughout his career,
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“When we stop playing, we start dying.”
Stuart Brown

“Stepping out of a normal routine, finding novelty, being open to serendipity, enjoying the unexpected, embracing a little risk, and finding pleasure in the heightened vividness of life. These are all qualities of a state of play.”
Stuart Brown, Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul

“The truth is that play seems to be one of the most advanced methods nature has invented to allow a complex brain to create itself.”
Stuart Brown, Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul



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