Children, Technology and the Changing Definition of Play

Doris Bergen is a Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology Emerita at Miami University in Ohio. Her work focuses on learning and human development, with a special focus on how technology-enhanced toys affect play, adult memories of childhood play, and the development of humor, especially in gifted children. Bergen served as chair of Miami University's Educational Psychology Department for ten years and for many years codirected the university's Center for Human Development, Learning, and Technology, which was subsequently named in her honor. A Miami University Distinguish Scholar, she is the author of eleven books, including Educating and Caring for Very Young Children: The Infant/Toddler Curriculum and Human Development: Traditional and Contemporary Theories. Barbara E. (Mound) Hansen Early Childhood Lecture Series