Cognitive science is beginning to demystify the strong presence of unconscious reasoning.
“It’s very easy to dismiss intuition,” says Sophy Burnham, author of The Art of Intuition “But it’s a great gift that needs to be noticed.”
The No. 1 thing that distinguishes intuitive people is that they listen to the guidance of their guts. “Everybody is connected to their intuition, but some people don’t pay attention to it,” Burnham says.
In order to make our best decisions, we need a balance of intuition — which serves to bridge the gap between instinct and reasoning — and rational thinking,