Leda Cosmides is an American psychologist who, together with anthropologist John Tooby, pioneered the field of evolutionary psychology. In 1992 she co-edited, with Tooby and Jerome Barkow, The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture, the book usually credited with ushering in the field's modern era, and the pair co-founded the Center for Evolutionary Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionCo-founded evolutionary psychology with John Tooby and co-edited the field's foundational 1992 text, The Adapted Mind. 1 Notable WorkThe Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture (1992) 1 Connections
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Co-founded the field of evolutionary psychology with Cosmides, together directing UC Santa Barbara's Center for Evolutionary Psychology.
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In 1992, together with Tooby and Jerome Barkow, Cosmides edited The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture
Career and postdoctoral work section
After completing postdoctoral work under Roger Shepard at Stanford University, she joined the faculty of the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1991, becoming a full professor in 2000.
In Branch: Evolutionary Psychology, Opening paragraph
Leda Cosmides is an American psychologist who, together with anthropologist husband John Tooby, pioneered the field of evolutionary psychology.
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