Intuition

Intuition and Judgment

Research out of Carnegie Mellon and Harvard suggests that people tend to give more weight to thoughts that “come out of nowhere” versus ideas that arrive through a deliberate process Rather than dismissing spontaneous thoughts as meaningless or random, people tend to assume these thoughts contain more meaningful insight Even on important topics such as […]

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Intuition and Ability

New research suggests that very simple numerical exercises (like determining how many pencils are in each pile of pencils) can significantly improve children’s math solving ability In the study, first graders who estimated the amount of objects in a pile did approximately a grade better on a subsequent test than the control group The study

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