Frontal Lobe: Is This The Site of Intuitive Decision Making?: Professor D’Amasio, Iowa University, did an interesting piece of research using the card game solitaire (two decks-one stacked to win in the beginning and then to lose and the other as the control deck [normal as we understand it]). His prediction was that patients with frontal lobe damage would never intuit which deck was stacked, but those without frontal lobe damage would intuit which deck was stacked and choose the control deck. His measure was skin response indicating anxiety. His predictions proved correct at the end of the experimentation.

  In a private conversation with a Dutch parapsychologist, I learned that it was his impression that D’amasio accounted for the intuitive aspect of his results as intrinsic learning (learning that due to exposure with the topic). The Dutch parapsychologist believed that D’amasio would be startled to see precognitive aspects of his data.

  Whether you believe intuition is an intrinsic process or something which transcends our understanding of time, D’amasio’s results suggest that individual’s might benefit from creating frontal lobe exercises. Practice intuitive decision making and record your results.