Although professionals are able to extract a considerable amount of wealth from amateurs, few stock pickers, if any, have the skill needed to beat the market consistently, year after year.

One study found that people who just thought about watching their favorite movie actually raised their endorphin levels by 27 percent.

Most things that couples disagree upon aren't worth more than a day's combat.

Economists think about what people ought to do. Psychologists watch what they actually do.

In strategic decisions, I'd be really concerned about overconfidence.

Most of the moments of our life - and I calculated, you know, the psychological present is said to be about three seconds long; that means that, you know, in a life there are about 600 million of them; in a month, there are about 600,000 - most of them don't leave a trace.

We have a very narrow view of what is going on.