Numerical Intuition | Brain Games

we asked you to watch these slot machine
wheels to see if you could tell which
one shows the higher numbers let’s try
it one more time and just like before
focus on the bull’s eye and let your
brain do the heavy lifting here we go
which slot machine do you think showed
the higher numbers overall red or blue
if you said red you’re like 80% of the
people we tested you’re a winner the
average on the blue side was 35 and the
average on red was 47 and you didn’t
simply get lucky that feeling in your
gut to pick the machine with a higher
average wasn’t just a hunch it was your
brains hardwired ability to crunch
numbers scientists call it numerical
intuition we have various intuitions
about numbers built right into our DNA
this feature of the human mind allows us
to do some pretty impressive estimations
without drawing on the kind of conscious
effort required to come up with an exact
count numerical intuition is what your
brain uses every time you have to make a
decision with lots of numbers and
variables so the next time you have to
make a choice like buying a home or
evaluating a bunch of items for sale you
can feel confident your brain has you
covered