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Research in Human Development Volume 11, 2014 - Issue 4: Rethinking Developmental Science Across the Life-Span/Life-Course: Theory, Methods, and Applications; Keynote Addresses from the 2013 SSHD Conference
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Rethinking Cells to Society

Toni C. AntonucciUniversity of MichiganCorrespondence[email protected]
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Noah J. WebsterUniversity of Michigan
Pages 309-322 | Published online: 14 Nov 2014
 
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Abstract

It is an exciting time to be a developmental scientist. We have advanced theoretical frameworks and developed ground-breaking methods for addressing questions of interest, ranging literally from cells to society. We know more now than we have ever known about human development and the base of acquired knowledge is increasing exponentially. In this article the authors share some thoughts about where we are in the science of human development, how we got there, what may be going wrong and what may be going right. Finally, the authors offer some thoughts about where we go from here to ensure that in the future we achieve the best developmental science possible.

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