David Moore (psychologist)

David Moore
Born
David Scott Moore

(1960-08-04) August 4, 1960 (age 64)
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Known forBehavioral epigenetics
Scientific career
FieldsDevelopmental psychology
Institutions
Thesis Auditory and Visual Integration in Very Young Infants  (1988)
Doctoral advisorJerome Kagan

David Scott Moore (born August 4, 1960)[1] is an American developmental psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Pitzer College, where he is the Director of the Claremont Infant Study Center. He is also Professor of Psychology at Claremont Graduate University.[2] His research focuses on cognitive development and mental rotation in infants,[3] as well as behavioral epigenetics.[4] His 2002 book, The Dependent Gene, criticized some of the fundamental assumptions underlying the nature-nurture debate.[5] His 2015 book, The Developing Genome: An Introduction to Behavioral Epigenetics, received positive reviews,[6][7][8][9] and was awarded the American Psychological Association's Eleanor Maccoby[10] and William James[11] Book Awards in 2016. A short précis of the book was subsequently published in WIREs Systems Biology and Medicine.[12] Moore's work has been profiled in The Wall Street Journal,[13][14] The New York Times,[5] Scientific American,[15] and Parents.[16]

In collaboration with Scott P. Johnson, Moore has demonstrated that infants as young as three to five months of age are capable of mental rotation.[17][18] Subsequent work revealed that object exploration can facilitate 4-month-olds' mental rotation performances[19] and that early postnatal testosterone exposure and parental attitudes about gender are related to some infants' mental rotation performances.[20]

Moore was the director of the National Science Foundation’s Developmental Sciences Program from 2016 to 2018,[2] and he was elected to a three-year term as Member-at-Large of the Division of Developmental Psychology of the American Psychological Association, from 2020 to 2023.[2]

In August 2020, the American Psychological Association, upon the recommendation of the APA Board of Directors, conferred the Fellow status on Moore in recognition of his outstanding contribution in the field of psychology, effective January 2021.

References

  1. ^ "Moore, David Scott, 1960-". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  2. ^ a b c "David S. Moore Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  3. ^ "David Moore". Pitzer College. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  4. ^ Ainsworth, Claire (2015-06-10). "DNA is life's blueprint? No, there's far more to it than that". New Scientist. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  5. ^ a b Angier, Natalie (25 February 2003). "A REVOLUTION AT 50; Not Just Genes: Moving Beyond Nature vs. Nurture". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  6. ^ Wahlsten, D. (2015). "Dynamic heredity". Developmental Psychobiology. doi:10.1002/dev.21361.
  7. ^ Lee, D. (2016). "The Developing Genome: An Introduction to Behavioral Epigenetics by David S. Moore (review)". Configurations. 24: 111–113. doi:10.1353/con.2016.0003.
  8. ^ Youdell, D. (2016). "New biological sciences, sociology and education". British Journal of Sociology of Education. 37 (5): 788–800. doi:10.1080/01425692.2016.1184406. S2CID 148166694.
  9. ^ Borish, S. (2016). "The new challenges of epigenetics". Science & Education. 25 (7–8): 923–926. Bibcode:2016Sc&Ed..25..923B. doi:10.1007/s11191-016-9849-z. S2CID 151339808.
  10. ^ "Eleanor Maccoby Book Award". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  11. ^ "William James Book Award". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  12. ^ Moore, D.S. (2017). "Behavioral epigenetics". WIREs Systems Biology and Medicine. 9 (1): e1333. doi:10.1002/wsbm.1333. PMID 27906527. S2CID 2230577.
  13. ^ Begley, Sharon (12 April 2002). "Genes Don't Give Humans Edge Over Their Primate Relatives". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  14. ^ Begley, Sharon (14 June 2002). "Hair Color Shows Its Nature With Environmental Nurture". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  15. ^ Kaufman, Scott (22 May 2013). "The Complexity of Greatness: Beyond Talent or Practice". Scientific American. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  16. ^ Pfaff, Leslie. "How Nature and Nurture Influence Your Baby's Development". Parents. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  17. ^ Moore, D.S. & Johnson, S.P. (2011). "Mental rotation of dynamic, three-dimensional stimuli by 3-month-old infants". Infancy. 16 (4): 435–445. doi:10.1111/j.1532-7078.2010.00058.x. PMC 4547474. PMID 26312057.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ Moore, D.S. & Johnson, S.P. (2008). "Mental rotation in human infants: A sex difference". Psychological Science. 19 (11): 1063–1066. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02200.x. PMC 2651884. PMID 19076473.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ Slone, L.K., Moore, D.S., & Johnson, S.P. (2018). "Object exploration facilitates 4-month-olds' mental rotation performance". PLOS ONE. 13 (8): e0200468. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1300468S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0200468. PMC 6084896. PMID 30091988.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ Constantinescu, M., Moore, D.S., Johnson, S.P., & Hines, M. (2018). "Early contributions to infants' mental rotation abilities" (PDF). Developmental Science. 21 (4): e12613. doi:10.1111/desc.12613. PMID 29143410.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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