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Daniel Kahneman

Also known as D Kahneman, D. Kahneman, Kahneman, Kahneman D, Kahneman D.

Israeli-American psychologist and economist (1934–2024)

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Daniel Kahneman was an Israeli-American psychologist and economist who studied how people make decisions and judgments, often finding that our thinking is subject to unconscious biases and mental shortcuts. His research fundamentally changed our understanding of human behavior in fields ranging from psychology and economics to business and public policy.

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Born: March 5, 1934
Died: 2024
Works: 26

Top works

On Negotiation
Hbr's 10 Must Reads 2018
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Making Smart Decisions
On Making Smart Decisions
Thinking, fast and slow

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Israel
Active from: 1934-03-05
Active to: 2024-03-27

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Listeners: 1,298
Total plays: 13,144

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5 total works indexed

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 65,142x
Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks
· 2003 · cited 44,782x
UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 43,780x
Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk
· 1979 · cited 39,625x
MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0
· 2013 · cited 34,706x

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Quotes

“There's literally no difference between a physician recognizing a disease from a "facial expression", and a little child pointing to something and saying "doggie".”
“No one ever made a decision because of a number. They need a story.”
“You should inform your gut and then trust it.”
“The first advice is to slow down, and not follow your first impulses.”
“A recurrent theme of this book is that luck plays a large role in every story of success; it is almost always easy to identify a small change in the story that would have turned a remarkable achievement into a mediocre outcome.”
“Intelligence is not only the ability to reason; it is also the ability to find relevant material in memory and to deploy attention when needed.”

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Nobel Prize

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel2002
“for having integrated insights from psychological research into economic science, especially concerning human judgment and decision-making under uncertainty”
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Official website: kahneman.scholar.princeton.edu
Image: Daniel Kahneman (3283955327) (cropped).jpg

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name in native language: דניאל כהנמן
date of birth: 1934-03-05
Commons category: Daniel Kahneman
Erdős number: 3
affiliation string: Princeton University
date of death: 2024-03-27

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Daniel Kahneman (/ˈkɑːnəmən/; Hebrew: דניאל כהנמן; March 5, 1934 – March 27, 2024) was an Israeli-American psychologist best known 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 together with Vernon L. Smith. Kahneman's published empirical findings challenge the assumption of human rationality prevailing in modern economic theory. Kahneman became known as the "grandfather of behavioral economics."

With Amos Tversky and others, Kahneman established a cognitive basis for common human errors that arise from heuristics and biases, and developed prospect theory. In 2011, Kahneman was named by Foreign Policy magazine in 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. In 2015, The Economist listed him as the seventh most influential economist in the world.