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Leda Cosmides is a key proponent of the evolutionary psychology perspective that defines the [concept] mind as a collection of functionally specialized computational devices, as detailed in [1].
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claimLeda Cosmides and John Tooby describe the mind as a Swiss Army knife containing evolved, functionally specialized computational devices, including face recognition systems, a language acquisition device, mindreading systems, navigation specializations, animate motion recognition, cheater detection mechanisms, and mechanisms that govern sexual attraction.