What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Law
- Cognition
- Social psychology
Social psychology, Cognitive psychology, Prospect theory, Actuarial science and Representativeness heuristic are his primary areas of study.
His Social psychology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Cognitive Reflection Test, Attribute substitution and Rationality.
His Cognitive psychology research integrates issues from Omission bias, Cognition, Naturalistic decision-making, Framing and Decision field theory.
His research integrates issues of Two-moment decision model, Von Neumann–Morgenstern utility theorem and Welfare economics in his study of Decision field theory.
His study in the field of Certainty effect is also linked to topics like Decision problem.
His Certainty effect study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Cumulative prospect theory, Risk-seeking and Generalized expected utility.
His most cited work include:
- PROSPECT THEORY: AN ANALYSIS OF DECISION UNDER RISK (33035 citations)
- Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases (21944 citations)
- Prospect theory: analysis of decision under risk (21272 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His primary areas of study are Social psychology, Cognitive psychology, Cognition, Actuarial science and Positive economics.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Well-being and Normative in addition to Social psychology.
His work carried out in the field of Cognition brings together such families of science as Cognitive science and Representativeness heuristic.
His studies link Econometrics with Representativeness heuristic.
His Actuarial science research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Prospect theory, Loss aversion and Contingent valuation.
His work on Endowment effect expands to the thematically related Prospect theory.
He most often published in these fields:
- Social psychology (28.73%)
- Cognitive psychology (16.00%)
- Cognition (14.91%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2008-2020)?
- Social psychology (28.73%)
- Happiness (6.91%)
- Cognitive psychology (16.00%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Daniel Kahneman mainly investigates Social psychology, Happiness, Cognitive psychology, Cognition and Affect.
His primary area of study in Social psychology is in the field of Feeling.
His work on Illusion as part of general Cognitive psychology study is frequently linked to Associative property, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science.
Many of his research projects under Cognition are closely connected to Laplace transform with Laplace transform, tying the diverse disciplines of science together.
His Experimental economics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Prospect theory and Endowment effect.
His Behavioral economics research incorporates elements of Actuarial science and Accounting.
Between 2008 and 2020, his most popular works were:
- Thinking, Fast and Slow (9821 citations)
- High income improves evaluation of life but not emotional well-being (1380 citations)
- Conditions for intuitive expertise: A failure to disagree. (1100 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Law
- Cognition
- Social psychology
Daniel Kahneman spends much of his time researching Social psychology, Happiness, Life satisfaction, Cognition and Feeling.
His Social psychology research includes themes of Cognitive Reflection Test, Recall and Well-being.
Daniel Kahneman interconnects Quality of life, Nudge theory, Libertarian paternalism, Critical thinking and Framing in the investigation of issues within Happiness.
His Cognition study combines topics in areas such as Valence, Cognitive psychology and Peak–end rule.
His study looks at the relationship between Cognitive psychology and fields such as Self-confidence, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems.
His Feeling research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Negativity bias, Context, Loss aversion, Meaning and Anticipation.
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