Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahnemanis 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. His empirical findings challenge the assumption of human rationality prevailing in modern economic theory...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth5 March 1934
CountryIsrael
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weekend differences weekdays
A large portion of the weekend effects is explained by differences in the amount of time spent with friends or family between weekends and weekdays.
people levels study
One study found that people who just thought about watching their favorite movie actually raised their endorphin levels by 27 percent.
bed recommendations angry
If there was one ubiquitous recommendation about marriage it was this: "Don't go to bed angry."
weekend average hours
The extra daily social time of 1.7 hours in weekends raises average happiness by about 2%.
sleep thinking long-walks
Ten minutes of a smartphone in front of your nose is about the equivalent of an hour long walk in bright daylight. Imagine going for an hour long walk in bright daylight and then thinking, "Now I'll get some sleep." It ain't going to happen.
people seem
When people talk of the economy being strong, they don't seem to feel that they, too, are better off.
people
There's a lot of randomness in the decisions that people make.
complexity fascinated human life people
People are very complex. And for a psychologist, you get fascinated by the complexity of human beings, and that is what I have lived with, you know, in my career all of my life, is the complexity of human beings.
burden income life maybe
Yes, there is a burden of financial insecurity. I don't think you find it in mood. Income is correlated with life satisfaction, so maybe you do find it in life satisfaction. You don't find it in mood, and I think it is very important.
life
Nothing in life is as important as you think it is while you are thinking about it.
future
We think of our future as anticipated memories.
gives mortals people superior
People who know math understand what other mortals understand, but other mortals do not understand them. This asymmetry gives them a presumption of superior ability.
gains larger losses major tend terms
If you think in terms of major losses, because losses loom much larger than gains - that's a very well-established finding - you tend to be very risk-averse. When you think in terms of wealth, you tend to be much less risk-averse.
devices experts mechanism mind work
We're beautiful devices. The devices work well; we're all experts in what we do. But when the mechanism fails, those failures can tell you a lot about how the mind works.