Friday, March 7, 2008

I always had a feeling about intuition...

According to the British Journal of Psychology, it seems there IS something to this "intuition" business, after all. According to the article (full text at http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/go-your-gut-intuition-more-just-hunch-says-research-15620.html )
the researchers conclude that intuition is the brain drawing on past experiences and external cues to make a decision – but one that happens so fast the reaction is at a non-conscious level. All we’re aware of is a general feeling that something is right or wrong.

I think we've all had that - that moment our gut told us something wasn't quite right, and we ignored it, usually to our detriment.

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