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Daniel Kahneman, the Nobel Prize-winning psychologist who helped debunk the notion that people tend to make rational economic decisions, has died at age 90. Even if he (over)simplified the underlying neuroscience research to some extent, he was a great spokesperson for how strongly emotions influence human thinking and decision making. Kahneman's System-1 and System-2 thinking has become a popular because practical concept. He and other major contributors from cognitive science and neuro science shed light on why emotional triggers work: * Emotions are fast (Kahneman) The limbic brain hosting the emotional values works with 11.000 Bits/sec while the brain’s cognitive parts work with 80 Bits/sec. * Emotions are low effort. Don’t make me think does not work for UX alone. Cook/UCLA proved that emotional ads were more impactful while logical/rational persuasions take more effort. * Emotions are complex but centered. While the cognitive brain areas are more interconnected with our limbic brain than we thought, the limbic brain plays a central role. Damasio/MIT proved that people with damaged limbic brain do hard making decisions. * Emotions are linked with memories. Emotions and memories are “stored together” (G.Bower) and better remembered (Cook). Kahneman's influence on our view of emotions and thinking cannot be overestimated. Even in the GenAI context of developing prompt chains through Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), we can see applications of his approach. Daniel Kahnemann has passed away, but his work remains. Thank you Daniel Kahneman! #kahneman #emotion #decisionmaking #marketing

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