Selected Publications

CiteSpace Maps of All Attention Authors: 1985 and 1990
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Can We Talk? How the Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention Emerged from Neurobiology and Psychology, 1980-2005
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Mapping Cognitive Neuroscience: Two‐dimensional perspectives on twenty years of cognitive neuroscience research
Cognitive Neurosciences IV, Edited by Michael S. Gazzaniga
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The Brain/Education Barrier
by Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek and John T. Bruer
Science, September 7, 2007
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Vatican Talk
November 6, 2003
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Avoiding the Pediatrician's Error: How Neuroscientists
Can Help Educators (and Themselves)
Nature Neuroscience, November 2002
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Herbert Spencer Lecture, Oxford University
A rational approach to education: Integrating behavioral, cognitive, and brain science
October 18, 2002
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A Path Not Taken
Early Experience and the Life Path 
by Ann M. Clarke and Alan D. B. Clarke 
review by John T. Bruer 
Contemporary Psychology, APA Review of Books, June 2002, 268-70.
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Harvard University Talk 
Where are the bridges between cognitive neuroscience and 
education? Which "bridges" may not yet be possible?
June 23, 2002
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Academy of Arts & Sciences Talk
December 8, 1999
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Neural Connections: Some You Use, Some You Lose
Phi Delta Kappan, December 1999, 264-277.
(This article is adapted from Dr. Bruer's book, The Myth of the First Three Years)
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Vassar Talk
September 8, 1999
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The Myth of The First Three Years
John T. Bruer
September 1999
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In Search of . . . Brain-Based Education
Phi Delta Kappan, May 1999, 649-57.
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AERA Talk 
April 26, 1999
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Critical Thinking About Critical Periods Conference Talk
February 24, 1999
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Brain Science, Brain Fiction
Educational Leadership, November 1998, 14-18.
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The Brain and Child Development: Time for Some Critical Thinking
Public Health Reports, September/October 1998, 388-97.
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Education Writers Association Address 
March 31, 1998
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Let's Put Brain Science on the Back Burner
NASSP Bulletin Articles, May 1998, 9-19.
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Education and the Brain: A Bridge Too Far 
Educational Researcher, November 1997, 4-16.
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The Mind's Journey From Novice to Expert
American Educator, Summer 1993, 6-15, 38-46.
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