Running Head: EXAMINING PUBLIC WALDORF 1 Holistic Education and the Brain: A Look at Steiner-Waldorf Education. Abigail L. Larrison a,b and Alan J. Daly a University of California, San Diego a and California State University at San Marcos b This paper was presented the 2011 conference of the American Educational Research Association for the Confluent Education –SIG held in New Orleans, LA, April 12-16. Data has been updated and expanded to include 2011 data. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Abigail Larrison, abigail.larrison@gmail.com Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank Dr. Alison Guerra-Wishard for her assistance with the quantitative research design.