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  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Neurodynamics

Background:

  • Intuition and flow are nonconscious cognitive processes with distinct characteristics and functions.
  • Existing theories offer limited insight into their interplay and apparent paradoxes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the neurodynamics of intuition and flow.
  • To reconcile the presence of enhanced intuition within the heightened cognitive control of flow.
  • To propose a revised dual-processing framework for understanding these phenomena.

Main Methods:

  • Extrapolation from dual processing theory.
  • Integration of recent active inference perspectives on flow.
  • Theoretical alignment and differentiation of flow and intuition.

Main Results:

  • Intuition functions as rapid, nonconscious decision-making.
  • Flow facilitates nonconscious decision-making in action for optimal performance.
  • A revised dual-processing framework clarifies the relationship between flow and intuition.

Conclusions:

  • Enhanced understanding of human cognition and consciousness.
  • New avenues for research into harnessing flow and intuition.
  • Potential for elevating human performance and wellbeing.