New brain science on expert intuition
New brain science shows where expert intuition quickly silently processes information. It’s where master pilots ‘simply’ look outside and see the wind, feel the wing, and just land. It appears that the site of fast, automatic, unconscious cognitive operations—from where a solution materializes all of a sudden—lies in the basal ganglia, linked to but apart from the cortex. These studies provide a telling hint of what happens when the brain brings the output of unconscious processing into awareness. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/intuition-may-reveal-where-expertise-resides-in-the-brain/ In the instant before he drove Kuang’s sting through the base of the first tower, he attained a level of proficiency … Continue reading New brain science on expert intuition