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The Role of Hormones in Play
Hormonal influences are at least partly contributing to these sex differences in play. Girls who have more had more androgens early in life, prenatally engage and have play behaviors that are closer to boys than girls. Biological motion is probably going to capture the intention of a baby or something will capture the attention of girls more than boys. Whereas the physical motion is going to captured the attention of boys more than girls. So there's clearly a hormonal component to it.