Dan Gilbert

Daniel Todd Gilbert (born 1957) is an American social psychologist and professor at Harvard University. He is known for research on affective forecasting—how people predict their future emotions—and for work on judgment and decision-making. Gilbert has published widely in psychological science and has written for broader audiences about the ways the mind misjudges what will make us happy. He is the author of *Stumbling on Happiness*, a popular book that examines common errors in imagining the future and the sources of satisfaction and regret. His research and writing have influenced discussions of well-being in psychology and beyond.