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Neurocircuitry of Intuition

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The popular definitions of intuition converge on four aspects: nonconscious information processing, holistic associations, affectively charged, and speed (Dane E, Pratt MG. Conceptualizing and measuring intuition: a review of recent trends. In: International review of industrial and organizational psychology, vol. 24; 2009. p. 1–40). With this and similar definitions, it is not surprising that the term intuition conceptually overlaps with other related cognitive constructs such as creativity (Finke RA, Ward TB, Smith SM. Creative cognition: theory, research, and applications. 1992), tacit knowledge (Reber AS. Implicit learning and tacit knowledge: an essay on the cognitive unconscious (Oxford Psychology Series, No 19). Oxford: Oxford University Press; 1993), implicit learning and knowledge (Dienes Z, Berry D, Psychon Bull Rev, 4(1):68–72, 1997; Reber AS, J Exp Psychol Gen, 118(3):219, 1989), instinct, and insight (Mayer RE. The search for insight: Grappling with Gestalt psychology’s unanswered questions. 1995; Nisbett RE, Ross L. Human inference: strategies and shortcomings of social judgment. p. 1980). The present chapter discusses neural correlates of intuition in the different contexts.

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  1. Molecular Immunology Research Center, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Amene Saghazadeh

  2. MetaCognition Interest Group (MCIG), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran

    Amene Saghazadeh

  3. Student’s Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Farzaneh Rahmani

  4. NeuroImaging Network (NIN), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran

    Farzaneh Rahmani

  5. Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Nima Rezaei

  6. Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Nima Rezaei

  7. Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Expert Group (SRMEG), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran

    Nima Rezaei

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Saghazadeh, A., Rahmani, F., Rezaei, N. (2019). Neurocircuitry of Intuition. In: Rezaei, N., Saghazadeh, A. (eds) Biophysics and Neurophysiology of the Sixth Sense. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10620-1_30

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