The myth of the first three years a new understanding of early brain development and lifelong learning

"Most parents today have accepted the message that the first three years of a baby's life determine whether or not the child will grow into a successful, thinking person. But is this powerful warning true? Do all the doors shut if baby's brain doesn't get just the right amount of...

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Main Author: Bruer, John T., 1949-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Free Press, c1999.
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Table of Contents:
  • Through the prism of the first three years
  • The starting points
  • Neural connections: some you use, some you loose
  • Be all that you can be: critical periods
  • Club med or solitary: the importance of enriched environments
  • What's a mother (or the rest of us) to do?