Surprise! All Intuition Isn’t the Same

Did you know we have three different types of intuition?
“Darn, I wish I’d trusted my gut.” I won’t even try to count the times I’ve said that. Eventually, most of us learn that trusting our gut makes sense—which is a non sequitur, because making sense is not intuitive.
Making sense is systematic and sequential, and intuition is the opposite. It’s a feeling. Everyone has intuition, but what distinguishes intuitive people is that they listen to, rather than ignore, the guidance of their gut feelings.
Intuition is housed in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex of the brain. This area stores information regarding past rewards, as well as punishments. It’s implicated in the processing of risk and fear. It also plays a role in the inhibition of emotional responses and in the process of decision-making.
Simply put, it’s the part of the brain that remembers when you have been burned by certain decisions in the past,