Barbara Tversky

Barbara Tversky
BornBarbara Gans
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Spouse
(m. 1963; died 1996)
PartnerDaniel Kahneman (2020–2024; his death)
AwardsFellow, American Psychological Society 1995
Fellow, Cognitive Science Society 2002
Fellow, Society of Experimental Psychologists 2004
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2013
Kampé de Fériet Award 2020
Scientific career
FieldsCognitive psychology
InstitutionsHebrew University
Stanford University
Columbia University

Barbara Tversky (née Gans) is an American psychologist. She is a professor emerita of psychology at Stanford University and a professor of psychology and education at Teachers College, Columbia University. She was also President of the Association for Psychological Science from 2018-2019. Tversky specializes in cognitive psychology.