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.
[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.
[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.