Jemma Sbeg

We've all had a moment like that. There are a few theories as to what causes this intuition that stops us or tells us to go or is like a calling. The first explanation is obviously one of fate and destiny and mysticism and a higher power controlling everything, call it God, the universe, Allah, some power is moving all these parts together.

We've all had a moment like that. There are a few theories as to what causes this intuition that stops us or tells us to go or is like a calling. The first explanation is obviously one of fate and destiny and mysticism and a higher power controlling everything, call it God, the universe, Allah, some power is moving all these parts together.

We've all had a moment like that. There are a few theories as to what causes this intuition that stops us or tells us to go or is like a calling. The first explanation is obviously one of fate and destiny and mysticism and a higher power controlling everything, call it God, the universe, Allah, some power is moving all these parts together.

Now this one's hard to prove obviously because it's hard to prove the existence of something you can't see and that doesn't have a scientific measure to it but that's one take on it. The psychology though says two things. Intuition is this emotionally charged rapid unconscious process whereby our brain is basically using information that we've never acknowledged or seen before to

Now this one's hard to prove obviously because it's hard to prove the existence of something you can't see and that doesn't have a scientific measure to it but that's one take on it. The psychology though says two things. Intuition is this emotionally charged rapid unconscious process whereby our brain is basically using information that we've never acknowledged or seen before to

Now this one's hard to prove obviously because it's hard to prove the existence of something you can't see and that doesn't have a scientific measure to it but that's one take on it. The psychology though says two things. Intuition is this emotionally charged rapid unconscious process whereby our brain is basically using information that we've never acknowledged or seen before to

to influence our actions so basically when we look at the world our brain is really good at just selecting what is important to us because we do have finite cognitive resources it cannot process every single little thing in our environment at once and give all that information to us to consciously process

to influence our actions so basically when we look at the world our brain is really good at just selecting what is important to us because we do have finite cognitive resources it cannot process every single little thing in our environment at once and give all that information to us to consciously process

to influence our actions so basically when we look at the world our brain is really good at just selecting what is important to us because we do have finite cognitive resources it cannot process every single little thing in our environment at once and give all that information to us to consciously process

all that information though it still exists and it's still being processed you may not consciously have noticed the car speeding down towards you but part of your brain did and told you to stop you may not have consciously seen the suspicious shadow in the alleyway some part of your brain did and it kind of cut over all the noise and said don't go down there don't go forward don't do that thing

all that information though it still exists and it's still being processed you may not consciously have noticed the car speeding down towards you but part of your brain did and told you to stop you may not have consciously seen the suspicious shadow in the alleyway some part of your brain did and it kind of cut over all the noise and said don't go down there don't go forward don't do that thing

all that information though it still exists and it's still being processed you may not consciously have noticed the car speeding down towards you but part of your brain did and told you to stop you may not have consciously seen the suspicious shadow in the alleyway some part of your brain did and it kind of cut over all the noise and said don't go down there don't go forward don't do that thing

That's the first explanation, basically your unconscious mind noticing things quicker than you, faster than you, silently. The second explanation is based on learning and how our brain really predicts things based on past experience. And yeah, basically it learns from what we've been through before. So this is the theory that was put forward by the neuroscientist Joel Pearson.

That's the first explanation, basically your unconscious mind noticing things quicker than you, faster than you, silently. The second explanation is based on learning and how our brain really predicts things based on past experience. And yeah, basically it learns from what we've been through before. So this is the theory that was put forward by the neuroscientist Joel Pearson.

That's the first explanation, basically your unconscious mind noticing things quicker than you, faster than you, silently. The second explanation is based on learning and how our brain really predicts things based on past experience. And yeah, basically it learns from what we've been through before. So this is the theory that was put forward by the neuroscientist Joel Pearson.

He runs a lab on neuroscience and intuition called Future Mind Labs at UNSW here in Sydney. And I'm going to explain this explanation the way he does, which is using a coffee shop.

He runs a lab on neuroscience and intuition called Future Mind Labs at UNSW here in Sydney. And I'm going to explain this explanation the way he does, which is using a coffee shop.

He runs a lab on neuroscience and intuition called Future Mind Labs at UNSW here in Sydney. And I'm going to explain this explanation the way he does, which is using a coffee shop.

So you're at a new coffee shop, let's say you're walking around London, you're walking around Brazil, you're walking around Tokyo, some city you've never been before and you want to get a coffee, you want to get some lunch. Now you've been to heaps of cafes before and

So you're at a new coffee shop, let's say you're walking around London, you're walking around Brazil, you're walking around Tokyo, some city you've never been before and you want to get a coffee, you want to get some lunch. Now you've been to heaps of cafes before and