The name Jean Piaget appears a lot in bibliographies of this subject. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_publications_in_psychology#Developmental_psychology
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What is the most current research going on in developmental psychology?Who is the primary person or people behind the research?
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It would help if you would designate more specifically the area(s) of developmental psychology that interested you. I searched Google under the key words "'recent research' 'developmental psychology'" to get these possible sources:
http://www.developmentalpsychologyarena.com/journals/Infancy-1525-0008
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http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/psychology/narina.asp
http://www.sagepub.com/books.nav?display=cat&catLevel1=&level1=K00&level2=K70&currTree=Subjects
http://eci.uchicago.edu/faculty/B_Bertenthal.html
http://www.developmentalpsychologyarena.com/books/Infant-Development-isbn9780863774638
In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search.
I hope this helps a little more. Thanks for asking.
http://www.developmentalpsychologyarena.com/journals/Infancy-1525-0008
(Broken Link Removed)
http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/psychology/narina.asp
http://www.sagepub.com/books.nav?display=cat&catLevel1=&level1=K00&level2=K70&currTree=Subjects
http://eci.uchicago.edu/faculty/B_Bertenthal.html
http://www.developmentalpsychologyarena.com/books/Infant-Development-isbn9780863774638
In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search.
I hope this helps a little more. Thanks for asking.