Daniel Kahneman Scientist

Daniel Kahneman (Hebrew: דניאל כהנמן‎, born March 5, 1934) is an Israeli-American psychologist notable for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making, as well as behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with Vernon L. Smith). His empirical findings challenge the assumption of human rationality prevailing in modern economic theory.With Amos Tversky and others, Kahneman established a cognitive basis for common human errors that arise from heuristics and biases (Kahneman & Tversky, 1973; Kahneman, Slovic & Tversky, 1982; Tversky & Kahneman, 1974), and developed prospect theory (Kahneman & Tversky, 1979). He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for his work in prospect theory.In 2011, he was named by Foreign Policy magazine to its list of top global thinkers. In the same year, his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, which summarizes much of his research, was published and became a best seller.Currently, he is professor emeritus of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School. Kahneman is a founding partner of TGG Group, a business and philanthropy consulting company. He is married to Royal Society Fellow Anne Treisman.In 2014 The Economist listed him as the 15th most influential economist in the world.

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Birth date	March 05, 1934
Birth place	Tel Aviv , Mandatory Palestine , Israel
Nationality	Israel United States
Residence	United States
Education	University of California Berkeley Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Known for	Cognitive bias Behavioral economics Prospect theory

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awards	University of Louisville American Psychological Association Association for Psychological Science Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
doctoral advisor	Susan M. Ervin-Tripp
Field of study	Economics Psychology