Leda Cosmides
Distinguished Professor
Psychological & Brain Sciences
On faculty at UC Santa Barbara since 1991, Leda Cosmides co-founded and directs the Center for Evolutionary Psychology. Her career focus is in evolutionary psychology, a relatively new approach to understanding the mind that weaves together cognitive science, human evolution, hunter gatherer studies, neuroscience, psychology and evolutionary biology, in an attempt to understand and map the human mind and brain.