Title
Intuition's Powers and Perils
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2010
Publication Source
Psychological Inquiry
Volume Number
21
Issue Number
4
First Page
371
Last Page
377
Publisher
Psychology Press
ISSN
1047-840X
Abstract
One of the biggest revelations of recent psychological science is the two-track human mind, which features not only a deliberate, self-aware “high road” but also a vast, automatic, intuitive “low road.” Through experience, we learn associations that provide fast and frugal intuitions that enable instantaneous social judgments and the pattern recognition that marks acquired expertise. But as studies of implicit prejudice and intuitive fears illustrate, unchecked gut feelings can also lead us astray. Intuition's powers and perils appear in various realms, from sports to business to clinical and interviewer judgments.
Recommended Citation
Published in: Psychological Inquiry, Volume 21, Issue 4, January 1, 2010, pages 371-377. Copyright © 2010 Psychology Press, London. The final published version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2010.524469
Comments
Also to appear in Proceeding of the Bial Symposium, Behind and Beyond the Brain: Intuition and Decision Making, Porto, Portugal, April, 2010.