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The ISDP is an international organization founded in 1968 for the purpose of encouraging research on the development of behavior in all organisms including man, with special attention to the effects of biological factors operating at any level of organization. Membership benefits include an online journal subscription to Developmental Psychobiology and discounted registration at the annual meeting, which is normally preceding and co-located with the Annual Meeting of the Society of Neuroscience (SfN). The next meeting, ISDP 2025, will be held November 12-14, 2025 at the Catamaran Resort Hotel, a San Diego Beachfront Resort, USA

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Institute for Developmental Sciences at Columbia University


Funded, in part, by a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health (R13HD070625)

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The 2025 ISDP Senior Investigator Award – Nathan A. Fox, PhD

Nathan A. Fox, PhDDistinguished University ProfessorUniversity of MarylandLab Director, Department of Human Development and Quantitative MethodologyCollege Park, USAHuman Development and Quantitative Methodology (HDQM)www.cdl.umd.eduhttp://www.bucharestearlyinterventionproject.org/http://www.mirroringdevelopment.com/https://www.babysfirstyears.com/Nathan A. Fox …

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Student

$75.00
Hold a baccalaureate degree and who are full-time workers in a research setting or who are registered as full-time candidates for a baccalaureate or higher degree

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Regular Members

$140.00
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Hold a PhD but are still considered in training

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