Maya Bar-Hillel | |
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מיה בר-הלל | |
| Born | 1943 (age 80–81) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem (PhD) |
| Thesis | The Base-Rate Fallacy in Subjective Judgments of Probability (1975) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Psychologist |
| Sub-discipline | |
| Institutions | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Maya Bar-Hillel (Hebrew: מיה בר-הלל, born 1943)[1] is a professor emeritus of psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[2] Known for her work on inaccuracies in human reasoning about probability,[3][4][5] she has also studied decision theory in connection with Newcomb's paradox,[6] investigated how gender stereotyping can block human problem-solving,[7] and worked with Dror Bar-Natan, Gil Kalai, and Brendan McKay to debunk the Bible code.[8]
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