Biology of intuition
The objectives of the research
Intuition has been the subject of several historical waves of scientific exploration, conducted by different disciplines, following very different methodologies, with very few disciplinary bridges. Also, the scientific landscape is not very unified and the result, although exciting, suggests that vast progress still needs to be made. Parmi les points que nous avons identifiés, celui qui parait le plus important, c’est que bien que le rôle du corps dans l’intuition ait été indéniablement démontré, il n’y a finalement eu que très peu d’études convaincantes sur sa nature, et moins encore sur ses mécanismes et son fonctionnement incarné.
The experimental approach we propose aims to address intuition in its entirety, that is, to simultaneously consider low-level phenomena (sensory perception) and high-level phenomena (cognition) as they manifest in intuitively driven decision-making. It is equally important to address both the subjective and objective dimensions of intuition.
To cover all these issues, we propose to explore them by testing a hypothesis that demonstrates all facets of intuition. The hypothesis is: can intuition be trained?
To try to answer this question, researchers associated with HLU will conduct multidisciplinary research, studying intuition both by means of objective measurements and collection of subjective feelings, and this under conditions allowing to demonstrate the quality and benefits of decision-making resulting from intuitive processes.