The Science of Intuition

Intuition has become a very popular point of discussion in recent times, and although intuition is widely accepted, it is also greatly misunderstood. In my experience, intuition has provided very accurate validation and information that is useful to myself and my clients, however, explaining how it works has proven to be a challenge. Let’s first look at some definitions of intuition to get a basic understanding of what this ability might be. One description is stated as: “Intuition is defined for the purposes of this analysis as: the appearance in the mind of accurate information about the external world, which can be shown to have come not through the five senses, nor through a rearrangement of stored memory contents.” (Bernstein, 2005). An additional definition from the readings is stated as: “Intuition is the process in which we are aware of the results of our thinking process but not aware of the steps that we took.” (Bernstein, 2005). These, and other definitions, basically state that there is an invisible awareness that seems to pervade our consciousness, that provides information and insight that is not necessarily tangible to our three-dimensional awareness. The scientific community has made great strides towards quantifying this invisible force, which has truly helped to strengthen and validate this innate human skillset. Let’s navigate this scientific research by discussing two different intuition processes…