Quote by: Daniel Kahneman

Mood evidently affects the operation of System 1: when we are uncomfortable and unhappy, we lose touch with our intuition. These findings add to the growing evidence that good mood, intuition, creativity, gullibility, and increased reliance on System 1 form a cluster. At the other pole, sadness, vigilance, suspicion, an analytic approach, and increased effort also go together. A happy mood loosens the control of System 2 over performance: when in a good mood, people become more intuitive and more creative but also less vigilant and more prone to logical errors.


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Author Bio


  • NameDaniel Kahneman
  • DescriptionIsraeli-American psychologist
  • BornMarch 5, 1934
  • CountryIsrael; United States Of America
  • ProfessionPsychologist; Economist; University Professor; Scientist; Educationist