David S. Moore

David S. Moore is a Professor Emeritus of Psychology in Claremont, California. He received his Ph.D. in developmental and biological psychology from Harvard University. Moore is a developmental cognitive neuroscientist with expertise in perceptual and cognitive development in infancy. His books have explored how genetic, environmental, and epigenetic factors contribute to human development. His first book, The Dependent Gene, was widely adopted for use in undergraduate education, was translated into Japanese, and was nominated for the Cognitive Development Society's Best Authored Volume award. His second book, The Developing Genome, explored behavioral epigenetics and won the William James Book Award and the Eleanor Maccoby Book Award from the American Psychological Association; it was recently translated into Korean. He was a Fellow at The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford in 2023-2024, and will be a Fulbright U.S. Scholar in The Netherlands in 2025.