{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/698c50f8e66282a739b40cbe/6acfa0563dc1c1be4ad775e8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Thinking Without Thinking: When Should You Trust Your Gut?","description":"<p>Why do some answers feel right before we have properly thought them through?</p><p>In this episode of What’s going on up there?, Grace is joined by Chartered Psychologist James Meachin to explore the psychology of fast, intuitive thinking.</p><p>From falling for a convincing headline to making assumptions about someone we have just met, we all rely on fast, automatic thinking every day. It helps us navigate a busy world, but it can also catch us out.</p><p>Grace and James unpack why our brains take mental shortcuts, when trusting your gut can be helpful, and when it might be worth stopping to think again.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>References:</strong></p><ul><li>Frederick, S. (2005). Cognitive reflection and decision making. <em>Journal of Economic Perspectives, 19</em>(4), 25–42.</li><li>Pennycook, G., &amp; Rand, D. G. (2019). Lazy, not biased: Susceptibility to partisan fake news is better explained by lack of reasoning than by motivated reasoning. <em>Cognition, 188</em>, 39–50.</li></ul>","author_name":"Pearn Kandola LLP"}