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The smart intuitor: Cognitive capacity predicts intuitive rather than deliberate thinking.
Matthieu Raoelison1, Valerie A Thompson2, Wim De Neys1
1Université de Paris, LaPsyDÉ, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France.
Cognition
|July 5, 2020
Summary
Cognitive capacity primarily predicts accurate intuitions, not just correcting errors. Smarter individuals tend to have more reliable intuitive thinking, challenging traditional views on reasoning.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Neuroscience
- Behavioral Economics
Background:
- Cognitive capacity is traditionally linked to correcting faulty intuitions in reasoning.
- Emerging evidence suggests a positive link between cognitive capacity and accurate intuition.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate whether cognitive capacity predicts accurate intuitions or the correction of erroneous ones.
- To differentiate the roles of intuition versus deliberate correction in reasoning performance.
Main Methods:
- Utilized a two-response paradigm with time pressure and cognitive load for intuitive responses.
- Employed direction-of-change analysis to distinguish intuitive from corrected responses.
- Conducted two studies examining the relationship between cognitive capacity and response types.
Main Results:
- Cognitive capacity showed a moderate association with the tendency to correct responses (r=0.22).
- Cognitive capacity was a stronger predictor of accurate intuitive responding (r=0.44).
Conclusions:
- Findings challenge the notion that cognitive capacity's main role in reasoning is error correction.
- Suggests that higher cognitive capacity is associated with more accurate intuitive judgments.
- Re-evaluates the fundamental nature of sound reasoning and the function of cognitive capacity.
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