Massive Modularity Hypothesis

From the SL4 Lexicon:

Massive Modularity Hypothesis:

The hypothesis originally put forth by cognitive scientist Jerry Fodor that the human brain (and mind) is composed of domain-specific neural modules (as opposed to a homogeneous Blank Slate), which specialize in certain tasks Fodor83. In the past decade, evolutionary psychologists have amassed an overwhelming amount of evidence in favor of the Massive Modularity Hypothesis, and continue to defend it from critics Sperber02. Some of the strongest evidence for Massive Modularity comes from patients with brain damage in specific areas. See also Evolutionary Psychology.

"To what extent are these domain-specific dispositions based on truly autonomous mental mechanisms or “modules”, as opposed to being domain-specific articulations and deployments of more domain-general abilities? "

This is a question which is difficult to answer with purely psychological studies and it would seem that the latter can evolve more simply by incremental mutations, while the former is assumed by default by some of the more rampant supporters of Evolutionary Psychology.