David Moore (psychologist)

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David Moore
Born
David Scott Moore

(1960-08-04) August 4, 1960 (age 64)
Nationality American
Alma mater
Known for Behavioral epigenetics
Scientific career
Fields Developmental psychology
Institutions
Thesis Auditory and Visual Integration in Very Young Infants  (1988)
Doctoral advisor Jerome 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 November 10, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "David S. Moore Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  3. ↑ "David Moore". Pitzer College. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  4. ↑ Ainsworth, Claire (June 10, 2015). "DNA is life's blueprint? No, there's far more to it than that". New Scientist. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  5. 1 2 Angier, Natalie (February 25, 2003). "A REVOLUTION AT 50; Not Just Genes: Moving Beyond Nature vs. Nurture". The New York Times. Retrieved February 11, 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 September 21, 2019.
  11. ↑ "William James Book Award". American Psychological Association. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  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 (April 12, 2002). "Genes Don't Give Humans Edge Over Their Primate Relatives". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  14. ↑ Begley, Sharon (June 14, 2002). "Hair Color Shows Its Nature With Environmental Nurture". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  15. ↑ Kaufman, Scott (May 22, 2013). "The Complexity of Greatness: Beyond Talent or Practice". Scientific American. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  16. ↑ Pfaff, Leslie. "How Nature and Nurture Influence Your Baby's Development". Parents. Retrieved September 15, 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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