An Apple Store customer asks for the latest iPhone in black but suddenly changes to white when he sees others choosing it. A citizen of a former communist country picks~ a drink at random; soda is soda, he says. A young man and woman decide to marry--knowing that they'll meet for the first time on their wedding day. In THE ART OF CHOOSING, Columbia University profes- sor Sheena Iyengar, a leading expert on choice, asks fascinating questions: Are our choices innate or created by culture? Why do we sometimes choose against our best interests? How much control do we really have? What's the relationship between choice and freedom? Drawing on her award-winning, discipline: spanning research, this remarkable book illuminates the joys and challenges of choosing--and shows us how we can choose better, one choice at a time.

席娜•伊加爾（Sheena Iyengar）

伊加爾在一個從印度移民到美國的傢庭長大，父母是虔誠的锡剋教徒，因此，伊加爾對東西方文化都不陌生。伊加爾幼年時患上色素性視網膜炎，到高中時基本失明，唯一能辨識的就是光。即便如此，伊加爾依舊憑藉過人的毅力，先後獲得華盛頓商學院學士學位和斯坦福大學社會心理學博士學位，目前在哥倫比亞大學商學院任教授。

伊加爾是世界著名的心理學傢，因為在“選擇”這一主題上的突破性研究獲得美國國傢科學基金、國傢心理健康研究院的贊助。她的建議多次被麥肯锡公司、富達投資集團采納。2002年，伊加爾獲得美國總統青年科技奬。她的研究成果受到暢銷書作傢馬爾科姆•格拉德威爾等人的推崇。