Daniel Kahneman – Biography of the Nobel Prize-Winning Psychologist and Author

Daniel Kahneman received both a Presidential Medal of Honor and a Nobel Prize. This Israeli-Ameican psychologist was co-recipient of the coveted Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2002. The brilliant work focused on his integration of psychological research into economic science. Kahneman’s pioneering work examined human judgment and decision-making under uncertainty. He shared the award with American economist Vernon L. Smith. Daniel Kahneman’s ground-breaking works on decision making, behavioral economics, hedonic psychology, and judgment of psychology inspired people worldwide. Kahneman published his first book in 1966, entitled Pupil Diameter and Load on Memory. The psychologist and author published the…