exercise play

play that involves gross, vigorous movement in various directions, such as running or jumping. It usually begins around 2 years of age and peaks between 5 and 6 years. Exercise play is a form of locomotor play and may or may not be social.

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February 24th 2025

carpentered environment

an environment consisting of built structures in which rectangles are predominant. Some hypotheses about depth perception and optical illusions have suggested that people in carpentered environments interpret parallelograms (or parts of parallelograms) in two-dimensional drawings in ways that are consistent with perception of three-dimensional objects, such as doors, windows, and corners.