Myisha Nawar
Regardless of what you label it as, (gut feeling, inner voice, sixth sense) intuition play a real part in your decision making process. Researchers devised a technique to measure intuition and found out that people can use their intuition to come to faster, more accurate decision.
A few experiments were conducted to measure intuition.
In the experiments, the researchers showed small groups of about 20 college students black and white images of dots moving around one half of the computer screen. The students were asked whether the dots were moving to the left or to the right. As the participants decided on their answer, the other side of the screen flashed a bright square. At times, however, the bright square was embedded with an image to trigger an emotional response. Each image was aimed at eliciting either a positive emotion (a kitten or a baby) or a negative emotion (a gun or a snake).
But the participants were not aware of the images as they were flashed in speeds too fast to be perceived. These brief, emotionally charged and subconsciously perceived images were meant to stimulate the type of information involved in intuition. The results pointed in favor of the participants shown positive images. They were more accurate in determining the direction of the dots, coming to quicker more confident decisions. The experiments also suggested that the participants became better at using their intuition over time.