During her visit, the outstanding psychologist Leda Cosmides will hold the Seminar “Evolutionary Psychology Evolutionary Psychology Modeling Cultural,” organized by the Center for Social Complexity Research, will be held next Wednesday, May 16 at 18.00 in the Cuprum Auditorium, located in the base of the postgraduate building of the Universidad del Desarrollo (Av. Plaza 680, San Carlos de Apoquindo, Las Condes).

Leda Cosmides is Distinguished Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she co-directs the Center for Evolutionary Psychology with John Tooby. She was educated at Harvard (A.B. in biology, Ph.D. in cognitive psychology), did postdoctoral research at Stanford, and was a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences before arriving at UCSB in 1990. Awards for her research include the 2005 NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, the 1993 American Psychological Association’s Early Career Award, the 1988 American Association for the Advancement of Science Prize for Behavioral Science Research, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Human Behavior & Evolution Society.