Daniel Kahneman
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Kahneman in 2009
Born(1934-03-05)March 5, 1934(age 87)
Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel)
NationalityUnited States, Israel
Education
  • Hebrew University(BA)
  • University of California, Berkeley(MA, PhD)
Known for
  • Cognitive biases
  • Behavioral economics
  • Prospect theory
  • Loss aversion
Spouse(s)
  • Irah Kahneman;
  • Anne Treisman (1978–2018, her death)
Awards
  • APA Lifetime Achievement Award (2007)
  • Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2002)
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom (2013)
  • Tufts University Leontief Prize (2010)
  • APS Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award (1982)
  • University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award (2003)
Scientific career
Fields
  • Psychology
  • Economics
Institutions
  • Princeton University 1993–
  • University of California, Berkeley 1986–93
  • University of British Columbia 1978–86
  • Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences 1972–73
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1961–77
ThesisAn analytical model of the semantic differential (1961)
Doctoral advisorSusan M. Ervin-Tripp
Doctoral students
  • Anat Ninio
  • Avishai Henik
  • Baruch Fischhoff
  • Ziv Carmon
Websitescholar.princeton.edu/kahneman/