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Intuition — the science of knowing WHAT without knowing WHY

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Can intuition be learned?(Getty Images: Grant Faint)

Have you ever followed your intuition, or been guided by a gut feeling? Is intuition real or imagined?

Can it be learnt and harnessed for good in our lives?

Neuroscientist and psychologist Joel Pearson wanted to find out. He joins Natasha Mitchell to discuss his book The Intuition Toolkit – the New Science of Knowing What without Knowing Why.

This event was hosted by Readings Bookshop, Melbourne.

Speakers

Professor Joel Pearson
Cognitive neuroscientist and psychologist
Author, The Intuition Toolkit: the New Science of Knowing What without Knowing Why (Simon and Schuster Australia, 2023)

Director, Future Minds Lab
University of New South Wales

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