Leda Cosmides
Leda Cosmides
American psychologist
Leda Cosmides (born May ) is an American psychologist, who, together with anthropologist husband John Tooby, pioneered the field of evolutionary psychology.
Biography
Cosmides was born into a Greek family.[1] Her parents, George Cosmides and Nasia Cosmides (née Murlas), founded the St George Greek Orthodox Church in Bethesda, Maryland.[2]
Cosmides originally studied biology at Radcliffe College/Harvard University, receiving her BA in While an undergraduate, she was influenced by the renowned evolutionary biologistRobert L.
Trivers, who was her advisor.
Leda cosmides biography of barack Leda Cosmides (born May ) is an American psychologist, who, together with anthropologist husband John Tooby, pioneered the field of evolutionary psychology.In , Cosmides received a PhD in cognitive psychology from Harvard. After completing postdoctoral work under Roger Shepard at Stanford University, she joined the faculty of the University of California, Santa Barbara in , becoming a full professor in
In , together with Tooby and Jerome Barkow, Cosmides edited The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture.
She and Tooby also co-founded and co-direct the Center for Evolutionary Psychology.
Cosmides was awarded the American Association for the Advancement of Science Prize for Behavioral Science Research,[3] the American Psychological AssociationDistinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award, and the Jean Nicod Prize.
In she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[4]
Selected publications
Books
- Barkow, J., Cosmides, L. & Tooby, J., (eds) () The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary psychology and the generation of culture (New York: Oxford University Press).
- Tooby, J.
& Cosmides, L. () Evolutionary psychology: Foundational papers (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press).
- Cosmides, L. & Tooby, J. (in press) Universal Minds: Explaining the new science of evolutionary psychology (Darwinism Today Series) (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson).
Papers
- Cosmides, L.
& Tooby, J. () Cytoplasmic inheritance and intragenomic conflict.
Leda cosmides biography of barack obama Leda Cosmides is best known for her work in pioneering the field of evolutionary psychology. She developed her interest in rebuilding psychology along evolutionary lines while an undergraduate at Harvard, where she got her A.B. in biology () and her Ph.D. in cognitive psychology ().Journal of Theoretical Biology, 89,
- Cosmides, L. & Tooby, J. () "From evolution to behavior: Evolutionary psychology as the missing link" in J. Dupre (ed.), The latest on the best: Essays on evolution and optimality (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press).
- Cosmides, L. () "The logic of social exchange: Has natural selection shaped how humans reason?
Studies with the Wason selection task," Cognition, 31, –
- Cosmides, L. & Tooby, J. () "Cognitive adaptations for social exchange," in Barkow, J., Cosmides, L. & Tooby, J., (eds) () The adapted mind: Evolutionary psychology and the generation of culture (New York: Oxford University Press).
- Cosmides, L.
& Tooby, J. () "Evolutionary psychology: Theoretical Foundations," in Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (London: Macmillan).
- Tooby, J. & Cosmides, L. () "Evolutionary psychology: Conceptual foundations," in D. M. Buss (ed.), Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology (New York: Wiley).
- Cosmides, Leda; Tooby, John ().
"Evolutionary Psychology". In Hamowy, Ronald (ed.). Evolution Psychology.
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