Psychology
Critical Thinking and Intuition

Critical Thinking and Intuition

How you can go with both your brain and your gut

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Our brains might be our powerhouse of thought and cognition, but when we act, we often act with our gut instinct and intuition. Can the logic of our brain and the inexplicable insights that come from our intuition work together? The titles in this collection explore the pitfalls of intuition, how we can harness and trust it, yield rationality— and more importantly, combine these so-called opposites to make better decisions.

Critical Thinking and Intuition

How you can go with both your brain and your gut

Irrationality
Irrationality
Stuart Sutherland
The Enemy Within
23 min4.3
Is It My Anxiety or My Intuition?
Is It My Anxiety or My Intuition?
Hosted by Natalie Lue
Both intuition and fear produce gut responses—and learning to differentiate between them is vital in conquering anxiety
11 min4.7
Blink
Blink
Malcolm Gladwell
The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
14 min4.0
The Invisible Gorilla
The Invisible Gorilla
Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons
And Other Ways Our Intuition Deceives Us
14 min3.7
You Are Not So Smart
You Are Not So Smart
David McRaney
Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, and 46 Other Ways You’re Deluding Yourself
19 min4.3
The Social Animal
The Social Animal
David Brooks
The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
23 min4.3
The Knowledge Illusion
The Knowledge Illusion
Steven Sloman & Philip Fernbach
Why We Never Think Alone
31 min4.6
The Upside of Irrationality
The Upside of Irrationality
Dan Ariely
The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
18 min4.2

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