Intuitive decision making as a gradual process: investigating semantic intuition-based and priming-based decisions with fMRI.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Intuition has been defined as the instantaneous, experience-based impression of coherence elicited by cues in the environment. In a context of discovery, intuitive decision-making processes can be conceptualized as occurring within two stages, the first of which comprises an implicit perception of coherence that is not (yet) verbalizable. Through a process of spreading activation, this initially non-conscious perception gradually crosses over a threshold of awareness and thereby becomes explicable. Because of its experiential basis, intuition shares conceptual similarities with implicit memory processes. Based on these, the study addresses two research questions: (1) Is the gradual nature of intuitive processes reflected on a neural level? (2) Do intuition-based decisi

SUBMITTER: Zander T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4834943 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature