Amos Tversky
Amos Tversky
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Amos Tversky was a pioneering cognitive psychologist whose work fundamentally changed our understanding of human judgment and decision-making. Often collaborating with Daniel Kahneman, he explored how we make choices and assess risk. His important works include Judgement Under Uncertainty, Choices, Values, and Frames, and The Essential Tversky.
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Amos Tversky is widely recognized for his groundbreaking work with Daniel Kahneman on cognitive biases and heuristics, which fundamentally shaped the field of behavioral economics and decision-making research.
For readers new to his ideas, "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman, while not solely by Tversky, provides an accessible overview of the research they conducted together, including many of Tversky's key contributions.
While Amos Tversky passed away before the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Daniel Kahneman for their joint work, his contributions were central to the research recognized by the prize.