Female intuition - unique to women?
July 6th, 2008 | Tina Noga | General, In the news |
Female intuition - is it unique to women?
“No” says the Swedish professor Lars-Erik Björklund after having done brain research on the topic of intuition the past many years. He says it is simply neurobiology.
Intuition is apparently not female nor unique, it is usually a result of years of experience and saved up knowledge which can give you a “feeling” in or of a situation. So the more experience you have - the more intuition.
The more variations of different situations we have experienced in our life, the greater the likelihood that we recognise and react correctly in a given situation.
It can be a matter of smells, movements, an indescribable combination of impressions that we use.
According to professor Björklund the memories and feelings that our memory is full of are only stored if they really affect us. Hence we can’t study to be more intuitive. We have to experience it.
I wonder how he would explain the fact that most women know when something is wrong with their child (even if there are no symptoms) or that her husband is cheating on her…when she has no previous experience of such kind?
It’s quite an interesting debate. Please feel free to comment.
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July 14th, 2008 @ 8:44 am
I tend not to be a biological deterministic myself. More studied tend to discredit those views, but I think for many other reasons more women are intuitive than men and many women feel it comes naturally to them as well. Either way, I think it should be celebrated!
July 18th, 2008 @ 9:11 pm
I think intuition is not only found in women. But of course, I am more persuaded to say that women will be more aligned to be intuitive. But the fact is intuition is what makes us human being, although I am sure even animal are intuitive too. Its kind of a safeguard so to speak, one that protects us from the vagaries and unpredictability and predictability of our universe. Its more of a spiritual energy, and I dont need to wax esoteric to prove the point, but without intuition we should surely be robotic. The sad thing is that most of us choose to ignore intuition especially if there are material considerations in the picture. What I am trying to get at is that intuition is a guide that both helps to avert the calamities of the universe and capture the opportunities.
July 18th, 2008 @ 9:48 pm
Dear Eva and Masimba,
Thank you both for the very valuable comments. I do think that although both women and men may be intuitive, it should a “feeling” that we value and listen to. Not listening to our intuition it what brings us to situations in which we say “I knew I should have…” or ” I just had a feeling that…”.
So listen to that inner feeling…apparently even your experiences tells you what to do (if intuition is based on experience).
Best wishes,
Tina Noga