Dan Ariely
Israeli-American professor of psychology and behavioral economics / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dan Ariely (Hebrew: דן אריאלי; born April 29, 1967) is an Israeli-American professor and author. He serves as a James B. Duke Professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University. Ariely is the founder of the research institution The Center for Advanced Hindsight,[1] as well as the co-founder of several companies implementing insights from behavioral science.[2][3][4][5][6] Ariely's TED talks have been viewed over 15 million times.[7][8][9][10] Ariely wrote an advice column called Ask Ariely in the WSJ for over ten years; he stepped away from the column at the end of 2022.[11] Ariely is the author of the three New York Times best sellers Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth about Dishonesty,[12] as well as the books Dollars and Sense, Irrationally Yours – a collection of his The Wall Street Journal advice column Ask Ariely;[13] and Payoff, a short TED book.[14] Ariely appeared in several documentary films, including The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley and produced and participated in (Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies.[15]
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![]() Dan Ariely in 2019 at Tel Aviv University's Alumni Organization | |
Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | April 29, 1967
Nationality | Israeli, American |
Education | Cognitive Psychology (PhD) Business Administration (PhD) |
Alma mater | Duke University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tel Aviv University |
Known for | Behavioral Economics |
Spouse | Sumedha Gupta (m. 1998) |
Children | 2 |
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Institutions | Duke University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Doctoral advisor | James Bettman John G. Lynch Jr. |
Website | danariely |