Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman is an Israeli-American psychologist known for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making and on behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

In the talk “Thinking, Fast and Slow” (2013), Daniel Kahneman discusses the ideas behind the title, which refers to the fast, intuitive and slow, deliberate modes of thinking that shape how people judge and decide. The talk is filed under behavioral economics and is relevant to designers who want to understand the biases that influence user choices.