Leda Cosmides

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academic author cognitive psychologist evolutionary psychologist human

Leda Cosmides is an American cognitive psychologist renowned for pioneering the field of evolutionary psychology, particularly through her work on the evolved architecture of the human mind and social reasoning.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → author → cognitive psychologist → evolutionary psychologist → human →
awardReceived	American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology → MacArthur Fellowship →
birthPlace	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania →
citizenship	United States of America →
coAuthor	John Tooby →
coEditor	Jerome H. Barkow →
coFounderOf	Center for Evolutionary Psychology →
dateOfBirth	1957 →
degree	PhD in cognitive psychology →
doctoralAdvisor	Roger Brown →
doctoralThesis	Cognitive adaptations for social exchange →
doctoralThesisYear	1985 →
educatedAt	Harvard University →
employer	University of California, Santa Barbara →
fieldOfWork	cognitive psychology → cognitive science → evolutionary psychology → social cognition →
gender	female →
influenced	researchers in evolutionary psychology →
influencedBy	Charles Darwin → George C. Williams → Noam Chomsky → W. D. Hamilton →
knownFor	cheater detection module hypothesis → pioneering evolutionary psychology → research on evolved architecture of the human mind → research on social reasoning → work on domain-specific cognitive mechanisms →
language	English →
name	Leda Cosmides →
nationality	United States of America →
notableWork	The Adapted Mind →
positionHeld	Professor of Psychology →
researchInterest	cooperation → evolution of cognition → moral reasoning → reasoning about social contracts → social exchange →
spouse	John Tooby →
workInstitution	Center for Evolutionary Psychology →
workLocation	Santa Barbara, California →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
John Tooby →	coAuthorWith
The Adapted Mind →	editor
evolutionary psychology →	hasKeyFigure
Leda Cosmides →	name
John Tooby →	spouse