Derek Moore completed his BSc at Manchester Metropolitan University and went on to do a MRC-funded MSc in Biometrics at the Institute of Psychiatry, followed by a PhD at University College, London. He then went on to be a Research Fellow at City University and at the Open University, before moving to UEL in 1995 to take up a lecturing post. He was promoted to the post of Principal Lecturer and Reader in 2004 and became the Director of the Institute for Research in Child Development (IRCD) in 2007.

His main theoretical work concerns the underpinnings of social understanding in infants and children at developmental risk. In particular, abilities for perceiving emotional meanings in bodily movements by children with learning difficulties and abilities for perceiving the properties of the human form in typically developing infants. He is also involved in clinically-related research, studying the long-term effects of prenatal ‘recreational’ drug exposure on the development of infants, and exploring the development of infants born with Down syndrome: in particular, the relationship between their cognitive abilities and their social development. For more information on current research projects please visit the IRCD pages.

• Director of the Institute for Research in Child Development
• Research and Knowledge Exchange

Research and Knowledge Exchange Funding

1. NIHR Public Health Programme grant: £1,991,000. (2011-2013). ORiEL study: Evaluating the impact of urban regeneration and the Olympics on health and health inequalities in adolescents and their parents. with Cummins (PI, QMUL), Stansfeld (QMUL), Renton (UEL), Petticrew (LSHTM) et al.
2. Mindgym: £7,550. (2010-2011). Evaluation of MindGym parenting programme in Northern Ireland and London. With Chris Pawson (UEL).
3. Nuffield Foundation grant: £166,000. (2010-2013). TALBY study: Using new technologies to engage parents from disadvantaged areas in the assessment of the language and social development of their babies. Moore (PI) with Przemeck Tomalski, Elena Kushnerenko (UEL) Mark Johnson, Annette Karmiloff-Smith (Birkbeck).
4. Tower Hamlets Children’s Service: £27k. (2009-2010). One day training courses in Developmental Psychology. With Rachel George (IRCD).
5. Wellcome Trust: £744k. (2008-2012). The Well London study: evaluation of community level interventions to address social and structural determinants of health: a cluster randomised controlled trial. With Adrian Renton (IHHD) and colleagues from LSHTM and Westminster.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

1. Moore, D.G. (in press). Understanding form and movement in human point-light displays: what, when and how? In C. Brownell & V. Slaughter (Eds.), Body representation in early development. Cambridge studies in cognitive and perceptual development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2. Moore, D.G., Turner, J.J.D., Goodwin, J.E., Fulton, S.E., Singer, L.T., & Parrott, A.C. (2011). In-utero exposure to the popular ‘recreational’ drugs MDMA (Ecstasy) and Methamphetamine (Ice, Crystal): preliminary findings. In P. Preece & E. Riley (Eds.), Alcohol, drugs and medication in pregnancy: the outcome for the child: John Wiley & Sons.
3. Cebula, K., Moore, D.G., & Wishart, J. (2010). La cognición social en los niños con síndrome de Down [Social cognition in children with Down syndrome]. Revista Sndrome de Down, 27, 26–46.
4. Cebula, K., Moore, D.G., & Wishart, J. (2010). Social cognition in children with Down’s syndrome: challenges to research and theory building. (Invited review). Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 54, 113–134. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2788.2009.01215.x
5. Moore, D.G., Turner, J.J.D., Parrott, A.C., Goodwin, J.E., Fulton, S., Min, M.O., … Singer, L.T. (2010). During pregnancy, recreational drug-using women stop taking ecstasy (MDMA) and reduce alcohol consumption but continue to smoke tobacco and cannabis. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 24(9), 1403–1410. doi:10.1177/0269881109348165
6. Wall, M., Hayes, R., Moore, D.G., Petticrew, M., Clow, A., Schmidt, E., … Renton, A. (2009). Evaluation of community level interventions to address social and structural determinants of health: a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 9(1), 207. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-9-207
7. Moore, D.G., Goodwin, J.E., & Oates, J.M. (2008). A modified version of the BSID-II scales for cognitive matching of infants with and without Down syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 52(6), 554–561. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2788.2008.01064.x
8. Moore, D.G., Oates, J.M., Goodwin, J.E., & Hobson, R.P. (2008). Behaviour of infants with Down syndrome and their mothers in the still-face paradigm. Infancy, 13(1), 75–89. doi:10.1080/15250000701779394
9. Parron, C., da Fonseca, D., Moore, D.G., Monfardini, E., Poinso, F., & Deruelle, C. (2008). Recognition of biological motion in high functioning children with autistic spectrum disorders. Autism, 12, 261–274. doi:10.1177/1362361307089520

Invited Talks

1. Moore, D.G. (2011). Trying to build comprehensive developmental models: differences, difficulties and dilemmas. Invited departmental seminar Southbank University, London. April 2011.
2. Moore, D.G. (2010). Social and cognitive development in children with Down’s syndrome: trying to build wider developmental models. Keynote speaker ECIDD: European Conference on Intellectual and Developmental Difficulties. University of Geneva. 19 June 2010.
3. Moore, D.G. (2010). Perceiving form, motion and meaning in point-light displays: evidence from babies and children with developmental difficulties. EPS/ESF Body Representation Workshop 29th March 2010, Goldsmiths College, London.
4. Moore, D.G. (2010). Assessing the impact of socio-economic status: from infant brains to social gains. Invited talk Neurocognitive Development Lab, Birkbeck College, London. 16th March 2010.
5. Moore, D.G. (2009). Assessing the impact of multiple deprivation on the neuro-cognitive functioning of babies. Keynote presentation: Place2be annual conference, Royal Society of Medicine, London. 16th june 2009.

Conference Presentations

1. Moore, D.G. (2011, April). Social and cognitive development in children with Down’s syndrome: trying to build better developmental models. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
2. Tomalski, P., Ribeiro, H., Johnson, M.H., Moore, D.G., & Kushnerenko, E. (2010, March). Audio-visual integration of speech information in 68 month old infants — an eye-tracking study. Poster session presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Baltimore, MD, USA.
3. Garib-Penna, S., Moore, D.G., & George, R. (2009). Does recognition of facial expressions by children with and without autism vary depending on the motion attributes of the stimuli?, Talk presented at the Seattle in the Summer Workshop. Birmingham, UK.
4. Garib-Penna, S., Moore, D.G., & George, R. (2009, May). Can children with autism recognise emotions from moving faces? Poster session presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Chicago, USA.
5. Garib-Penna, S., Moore, D.G., & George, R. (2009, April). Can children with autism recognise emotions from moving faces? Poster session presented at the International Conference on Innovative Research in Autism, Tours, France.
6. Garib-Penna, S., Moore, D.G., & George, R. (2008, September). What cognitive factors predict emotion recognition in children with autism? Poster session presented at the British Psychological Society — Developmental Section, Oxford, UK.
7. Garib-Penna, S., Moore, D.G., & George, R. (2008, May). What cognitive factors predict emotion recognition in children with autism? Poster session presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, London, UK.

Research and Knowledge Exchange Funding

1. National Institute of Drug Abuse, US NIH grant: $2.66m (£1.88m) (2002–2007) The health and developmental consequences of prenatal exposure to MDMA (Ecstasy) Principal investigator with Lynn Singer (Case Western Reserve University) and Andy Parrott (Swansea), with John Turner, Julia Goodwin (UEL) and Sarah Fulton (CWRU).
2. ESRC programme grant: £114,000 (1996–2001) Social and cognitive development in infants with and without Down’s syndrome. Co-applicant with John Oates (Open University) and Peter Hobson (UCL and Tavistock Clinic).

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

1. Hubert, B., Wicker, B., Moore, D.G., Monfardini, E., & Deruelle, C. (2007). Recognition of emotional and non-emotional biological motion in adults with autistic spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37(7), 1386–1392. 10.1007/s10803-006-0275-y
2. Moore, D.G., Goodwin, J.E., George, R., Axelsson, E., & Braddick, F. (2007). Infants perceive human point-light displays as solid forms. Cognition, 104(2), 377–396. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2006.07.007
3. Moore, D.G., Burland, K., & Davidson, J.W. (2003). The social context of musical success: a developmental account. British Journal of Psychology, 94(4), 529–549. doi:10.1348/000712603322503088
4. Nobes, G., Moore, D.G., Martin, A.E., Clifford, B.R., Butterworth, G., Panagiotaki, G., et al. (2003). Children’s understanding of the earth in a multicultural community: mental models or fragments of knowledge? Developmental Science, 6(1), 72–85. doi:10.1111/1467-7687.00257
5. Moore, D. G., Oates, J. M., Hobson, R. P., & Goodwin, J. E. (2002). Cognitive and social factors in the development of infants with Down syndrome. Down Syndrome Research and Practice, 8, 43-52.
6. Moore, D. G. (2001). Reassessing emotion recognition performance in people with mental retardation: a review. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 106, 481-502.
7. Moore, D. G. (2000). Underestimating the emotion perception capacities of people with mental retardation. In E. Thommen & C. Vogel (Eds.), Lire les Passion: Berne: Peter Lang.
8. Moore, D. G. (1999). A review of “Understanding Children‘s Development" (3rd Ed.) by Smith, Cowie, & Blades and Developmental Psychology by Anne Birch. Psychology Teaching Review, 8(1), 54-56.
9. Davidson, J. W., Howe, M. J. A., Moore, D. G., & Sloboda, J. A. (1998). Characteristics of music teachers and the progress of young instrumentalists. Journal of Research in Music Education, 46(1), 141-160. doi:10.2307/3345766
10. Moore, D. G., Hobson, R. P., & Lee, A. (1997). Components of person-perception: an investigation with autistic, non-autistic retarded and typically developing children and adolescents. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 15, 401-423.
11. Davidson, J. W., Howe, M. J. A., Moore, D. G., & Sloboda, J. A. (1996). The role of parental influences in the development of musical ability. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 14, 399-412.
12. Sloboda, J. A., Davidson, J. W., Howe, M. J. A., & Moore, D. G. (1996). The role of practice in the development of expert musical performance. British Journal of Psychology, 87, 287-309.

Invited Talks

1. (2007, December). Developmental approaches to understanding intellectual disability. Keynote speaker. Seattle Club Conference on Developmental Difficulties. Glasgow. http://www.seattleclub.org.uk/conference_2007.html
2. Moore, D.G. (2007, September). Issues in studying long term outcomes of drug use during pregnancy. Workshop: BACCH Annual Scientific Meeting, Reading University, 25th & 26th September 2007.
3. Moore, D.G. (2006). Infants exposed to MDMA (Ecstasy) during pregnancy. Invited talk to MacKeith meeting on fetal exposure to neuroactive substances and teratogens on the developing brain. Royal Society of Medicine, London.
4. Moore D.G. (2006). The perception of human point-light displays in children and infants with and without developmental disorders: components of meaning, attention and representation. Invited talk, Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives de la Méditerranée, CNRS, Marseille, France.
5. Moore D.G. (2006). The perception of human point-light displays in children and infants with and without developmental disorders: components of meaning, attention and representation. Goldsmiths College.
6. Moore D.G. (2005). Social perception in children and infants with developmental disabilities: methods and models. Invited speaker at the biannual seminar of the Glasgow Affiliated Program in Learning Disabilities.
7. Moore D.G. (2003). Person-perception in typical and atypical infants and children: form, movement and meaning. Cognitive Neuroscience Group. Department of Psychology, University of Glasgow.
8. Moore D.G. (2003). The perceptual basis of emotion recognition. Ecological psychology forum, Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth.
9. Moore, D.G. (2002). Moving beyond the animate–inanimate distinction: infants uniquely bind a human form to human movement by six months of age. Department of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
10. Moore, D.G. (2002). Do infants uniquely bind a human form to human movement by six months of age? Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, London.
11. Moore, D.G. (2002). Cognitive and social factors in the development of infants with Down Syndrome. Department of Psychology, Oxford Brookes University.
12. Moore, D.G. (2001). A longitudinal study of attention, cognition and social development in infants with and without Down syndrome: differences, delays and constraints. Behavioural Sciences Unit, Institute of Child Health.
13. Moore, D.G. (2001). Social and cognitive constraints on the development of infants with Down syndrome. Neurocognitive Development Unit, Institute of Child Health, London.
14. Moore, D. G. (2000). Relations between cognitive and social development: a longitudinal study of infants with and without Down syndrome. Keynote speaker at the 3rd International Conference on Language and Cognition in Down syndrome, University of Portsmouth.
15. Moore, D. G. (2000). Visual attention regulation, social engagement and joint attention infants with and without Down syndrome. Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, London.
16. Moore, D. G. (1999). Underestimating the emotion perception capacities of people with mental retardation. Keynote speaker at ‘Lire les Passion’: a symposium of the Swiss Association of Semiotics, Neuchetal.
17. Moore, D.G. (1996). Uses of new technology in infancy research. BPS seminar on Infant Research, the Open University, Milton Keynes.

Conference Presentations

1. Ribeiro, H., Goodwin, J.E., Turner, J.J.D., Moore, D.G., Lynch, S., Braddick, F.M.B., … Parrott, A.C. (2007). MDMA (‘Ecstasy’) use during pregnancy: behavioural outcomes in infants from the prospective DAISY study. Annual conference of the British Association for Psychpharmacology, Harrogate, July 2007. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 21, a31.
2. Axelsson, E. L., Moore, D. G., Goodwin, J. E., Clifford, B. R., & Nobes, G. (2006). Infants’ attention to bodies of humans and non-human animals in categorisation. Paper presented at the International Conference of Infant Studies, Kyoto, Japan.
3. Axelsson, E. L., Moore, D. G., Goodwin, J. E., Clifford, B. R., & Nobes, G. (2006). The role of the body in infant categorisation of humans and animals. Paper presented at the International Conference of Infant Studies, Kyoto, Japan.
4. Goodwin, J. E., Moore, D. G., Braddick, F. M. B., Turner, J. J. D., Toplis, A. S., Axelsson, E. L., … Fulton, S. (2006). Patterns of recreational drug use during pregnancy. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Developmental Section conference.
5. Moore, D. G., Goodwin, J. E., George, R., Axelsson, E. L., & Braddick, F. M. B. (2006). Infants perceive human point-light displays as solid forms. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Developmental Section conference.
6. Singer, L. T., Moore, D. G., Goodwin, J. E., Parrott, A. C., Turner, J. J. D., Fulton, S., … Min, M.O.(2006). MDMA use during pregnancy and early infant outcomes. Paper presented at the International Conference of Infant Studies, Kyoto, Japan.
7. Bassindale, T. A. (2005). Simultaneous detection and quantitation of 14 drugs and metabolites from a single hair sample: use in determining drug use during pregnancy. Paper presented at the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists, Korea.
8. Goodwin, J. E., Braddick, F. M. B., Turner, J. J. D., Moore, D. G., Toplis, A. S., Axelsson, E. L., … Fulton, S. (2005). Patterns of recreational drug use during pregnancy. Paper presented at the Conference of the SRIP, Amsterdam.
9. Moore, D. G., Oates, J. M., Goodwin, J. E., & Hobson, R. P. (2005). Behaviour of infants with Down syndrome and their mothers in the still-face paradigm. Paper presented at the EURESCO conference on Brain development and cognition in human infants, Maretea, Italy.
10. Oates, J. M., Moore, D. G., Goodwin, J. E., & Hobson, R. P. (2005). Development of categorisation in infants with and without Down Syndrome. Paper presented at the European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Tenerife.
11. Axelsson, E. L., Moore, D. G., Goodwin, J. E., Clifford, B. R., & Nobes, G. (2004). Infant categorisation of humans and animals: the role of bodily form [Abstract], International Conference of Infant Studies. Chicago.
12. Moore, D. G., Goodwin, J. E., Oates, J. M., & Hobson, R. P. (2004). The assessment of cognitive functioning in infants with and without Down syndrome: a longitudinal perspective [Abstract]. Symposium paper presented at the Conference of the International Association of the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities, Montpellier, France. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities Research, 48, 515.
13. Moore, D. G., Oates, J. M., Goodwin, J. E., & Hobson, R. P. (2004). Attention to causal events in infants with and without Down syndrome: a longitudinal study [Abstract], International Conference of Infant Studies. Chicago.
14. Moore, D. G. (2004). Cognition and Communication in Down Syndrome [Abstract]. Moderator of symposium at Conference of the International Association of the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities, Montpellier, France. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities Research, 48.
15. Moore, D. G., Goodwin, J. E., Toplis, A. S., Axelsson, E. L., Braddick, F. M. B., Fox, H. C., … Farkas, K. (2004). The developmental consequences of prenatal exposure to MDMA and ‘recreational’ drugs: observations on participant recruitment [Abstract], International Conference of Infant Studies. Chicago.
16. Moore, D. G. (2004). Social perception in infants and children with intellectual difficulties: clinical implications. Paper presented at the European Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies Conference, Manchester.
17. Singer, L. T., Farkas, K., Fulton, S., Min, M. O., Linares, T. J., Parrott, A. C., … Turner, J.J.D. (2004). Prenatal exposure to MDMA (Ecstasy) and other ‘recreational’ drugs: initial findings [Abstract], International Conference of Infant Studies. Chicago.
18. Martin, A. E., Clifford, B. R., Moore, D. G., & Nobes, G. (2003). Children’s explanations of the Earth’s properties. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Developmental Section, Coventry.
19. Moore, D. G., Oates, J. M., Goodwin, J. E., & Hobson, R. P. (2003). Attention to causal events in infants with and without Down Syndrome: a longitudinal study. Paper presented at the 3rd Seattle Club conference, University of Edinburgh.
20. Davidson, J. W., Moore, D. G., & Burland, K. (2002). Which childhood factors predict adult professional musical involvement? Paper presented at the 7th International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition, Sydney, Australia.
21. Martin, A. E., Clifford, B. R., Moore, D. G., & Nobes, G. (2002). Theories or fragments of knowledge? The coherence of children’s explanations of the earth’s properties. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Developmental Section, Brighton.
22. Moore, D. G. (2002). The development of a person concept in infancy: evidence from violations of expectations about human point-light displays [Abstract], International Convernce of Infant Studies. Toronto, Canada.
23. Moore, D. G. (2002). Do infants have a person concept: evidence from violations of the solidity of human point-light displays. Paper presented at the EURESCO conference on Brain development and cognition in human infants, Maretea, Italy.
24. Oates, J. M., Moore, D. G., Goodwin, J. E., & Hobson, R. P. (2002). Developmental significance of the behaviour of mothers and infants with Down syndrome in the ‘still face’ scenario [Abstract], International Conference of Infant Studies. Toronto, Canada.
25. Pawson, C. J., Nobes, G., Moore, D. G., & Clifford, B. (2002). The development of moral understanding in the social world of the child. Paper presented at the International Conference on Language and Social Psychology, Hong Kong.
26. Pawson, C. J., Nobes, G., Moore, D. G., & Clifford, B. (2002). Friendship, peer-group acceptance, and the moral understanding of the child. Paper presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, Honolulu, USA.
27. Pawson, C. J., Nobes, G., Moore, D. G., & Clifford, B. (2002). Peer interaction and the moral reasoning of the child. Paper presented at the American Psychological Society 14th Annual Convention, New Orleans, USA.
28. Martin, A., Clifford, B., Moore, D. G., & Nobes, G. (2001). Testing the consistency of children’s understanding of the earth. Paper presented at the European EARLI conference, Fribourg, Switzerland.
29. Nobes, G., Clifford, B., Martin, A., Moore, D. G., Siegal, M., & Butterworth, G. (2001). Young children’s knowledge of the shape of the earth in Australia and England. Paper presented at the European EARLI conference, Fribourg, Switzerland.
30. Pawson, C., Nobes, G., Moore, D. G., & Clifford, B. (2001). Peer interaction and the moral development of the child. Paper presented at the BPS Developmental and Educational Sections Conference, Worcester.
31. Thommen, E., Moore, D. G., Rooney, S., Gardaz, L., & Del Rio, M. (2001). Attribution of intentionality and emotions by children with autism. Paper presented at the 10th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Uppsala, Sweden.
32. Goodwin, J. E., Oates, J. M., & Moore, D. G. (2000). A short form of the BSID-II scales to assess cognitive developmental status: a pilot study with infants with and without Down syndrome. Paper presented at the International Conference of Infant Studies, Brighton.
33. Moore, D. G., Oates, J. M., Goodwin, J. E., & Hobson, R. P. (2000). The regulation of visual attention in social perception, social relating and joint attention in infants with and without Down syndrome. Paper presented at the International Conference of Infant Studies, Brighton.
34. Moore, D. G. (2000). Visual attention regulation, social engagement and joint attention in infants with and without Down’s syndrome. Paper presented at the MRC Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, London.
35. Oates, J. M., Moore, D. G., Goodwin, J. E., & Hobson, R. P. (2000). Attachment and intersubjectivity in infants with Down syndrome. Paper presented at the International Conference of Infant Studies, Brighton, England. July.
36. Moore, D. G., Oates, J. M., Goodwin, J. E., & Hobson, R. P. (1999). The ‘still-face’ assessment as a predictor of later social engagement in infants with and without Down syndrome. Paper presented at the 9th European Conference of Developmental Psychology, Spetses, Greece.
37. Moore, D. G. (1999). Underestimating the emotion perception capacities of people with mental retardation. Paper presented at the ‘Lire les Passion’ a symposium of the Swiss Association of Semiotics, Neuchetal.
38. Moore, D. G. (1998). Infants’ understanding of the continuity and solidity of human point-light displays. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, 7(2), 103.
39. Nobes, G., Moore, D. G., Martin, A., Clifford, B., Dritschel, B., Butterworth, G., & Siegal, M. (1998). Children’s knowledge of astronomy in multicultural East London. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, 7(2), 104.
40. Oates, J. M., Goodwin, J. E., & Moore, D. G. (1998). The behaviour of infants with Down syndrome and their mothers in the still-face paradigm. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, 7(2), 103.
41. Oates, J. M., Goodwin, J. E., & Moore, D. G. (1998). Down syndrome and the still-face paradigm. Paper presented at the Down Syndrome Forum, Sarah Duffin Centre, Portsmouth.
42. Oates, J. M., Moore, D. G., & Hobson, R. P. (1997). Visual attention in infants with Down syndrome. In New Trends in Developmental Psychology: Résumé 8th European Developmental Psychology Conference. Rennes, France.

• Editorial board:
  • International Journal of Disability, Development and Education
• Reviewer for:
  • American Journal of Mental Retardation
  • British Journal of Developmental Psychology
  • Child Development
  • Developmental Science
  • International Journal of Disability, Development and Education
  • International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders
  • Journal of Intellectual Difficulties Research
  • Psychology of Music
  • Visual Cognition
• External PhD examiner:
  • Institute of Child Health
  • Birkbeck
  • Portsmouth
  • University of Perth
  • University of Queensland