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heuristiC, intuition, or imPulse
of how to process the feelings of knowing (intuition). Connections
between neurons and formed memories in the brain can be strength-
ened by thoughtful learning and practice so that when System 1 takes
the lead in decision making, the probability of good decision making
is enhanced.
Eagleman (2011) claims that the next generation of neuroscience
tools will provide a much clearer picture of how the unconscious
works. Integrating the promising new research by Cheng (2010) and
Shull (2011), and evolving neuroscience tools, have the potential to
give us a much better understanding of how intuition, heuristics, a