David Moore (psychologist) explained

David Moore
Birth Name:David Scott Moore
Birth Date:4 August 1960
Nationality:American
Fields:Developmental psychology
Thesis Title:Auditory and Visual Integration in Very Young Infants
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Thesis Year:1988
Doctoral Advisor:Jerome Kagan
Known For:Behavioral epigenetics
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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. His research focuses on cognitive development and mental rotation in infants,[2] as well as behavioral epigenetics.[3] His 2002 book, The Dependent Gene, criticized some of the fundamental assumptions underlying the nature-nurture debate.[4] His 2015 book, The Developing Genome: An Introduction to Behavioral Epigenetics, received positive reviews,[5] [6] [7] [8] and was awarded the American Psychological Association's Eleanor Maccoby[9] and William James[10] Book Awards in 2016. A short précis of the book was subsequently published in WIREs Systems Biology and Medicine.[11] Moore's work has been profiled in The Wall Street Journal,[12] [13] The New York Times,[4] Scientific American,[14] and Parents.[15]

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.[16] [17] Subsequent work revealed that object exploration can facilitate 4-month-olds' mental rotation performances[18] and that early postnatal testosterone exposure and parental attitudes about gender are related to some infants' mental rotation performances.[19]

Moore was the director of the National Science Foundation’s Developmental Sciences Program from 2016 to 2018, 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.[20]

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.

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Notes and References

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

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