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The amygdala as an old structure focused on threats (flight / fight) leads to intuition as in an auto suggestive routine that is quicker than rational assessment of the situation.

Now, using the amygdala for other constructive use appears to be a neglected aspect. I believe it is only encountered and used for other constructive use by people with overactive amygdalas and possibly depressive tendencies (which often appear interconnected).

So, why do I say this? Well, because ...

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This short pop science article made me think....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...ns-brains.html

I've written about something similar before and how divergent thinkers might get a kickback from using different regions of their brain. Think joggers high etc.

One of the reasons why laughter might have a natural correlation is because it uses the same pathways. Think about jokes and situations are usually ...

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There have been various articles alluding to the notion that Liberals have a greater connection with the Amygdala and its attachment to the limbic system where as Republicans/Conservatives use their rational prefrontal cortex to make decisions rather than base responses. (newer brain v older brain).

This post however is more about what I believe occurs with heightened or highly sensitised Amygdala. Generally it would appear that more creative types are right hemisphere dominant which ...

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Take a look at this article entitled "Functional and Anatomical Cortical Underconnectivity in Autism: Evidence from an fMRI Study of an Executive Function Task and Corpus Callosum Morphometry".

Findings: "These findings suggest that the neural basis of altered cognition in autism entails a lower degree of integration of information across certain cortical areas resulting from reduced intracortical connectivity".

http://keck.ucsf.edu/~houde/sensorim.../MAJust07a.pdf ...

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While reading about autism it dawned on me that I had uncovered a short cut to work that has already laid the basis for what I'd call the prime building blocks for intellectual leverage - intuition.

From Gestalt Psychology consider these: law of prägnanz

• Law of Closure — The mind may experience elements it does not perceive through sensation, in order to complete a regular figure (that is, to increase regularity).
• Law of Similarity — The mind groups similar elements into

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