Focusing Illusions" and the Myth of California Happiness‬... ‪http://fora.tv/2011/11/28/David_Brooks_Speaks_with_Daniel_Kahneman‬...Psychologist and Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman explains the "Focusing Illusion" theory, a common human tendency to exaggerate the importance of one aspect of an idea or event. For example, says Kahneman, not all Californians are happy simply because of the state's pleasant climate and laid-back lifestyle./nA Nobel laureate in economics (one of the only non-economists to earn this honor) and a research psychologist world-renowned for his seminal work on judgment, decision making, happiness, and well-being, Kahneman is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Princeton University and Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs Emeritus at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He received the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics.

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