Intuition, cognitive style, and hemispheric processing.
200 undergraduate volunteers were administered Westcott's Test of Intuitive Ability, Witkin's Group Embedded Figures Test, Paivio's Revised Individual Differences Questionnaire, and visual and aural dominance measures using a three-field tachistoscope and dichotic listening device, respectively. Field dependence was consistently related to poorer intuitive performance. No sex-related differences were found on intuition, embedded figures, Paivio's questionnaire, or dominance scores although the amount of intuition explained by cognitive style and dominance differed by hand and gender. Visual-verbal style was not associated with dominance while the relation of field dependence-independence and dominance was inconsistent. Neither dominance nor visual-verbal style was consistently related to intuition although complicated associations were indicated by hand and sex, suggesting differences in cognitive organization.
D000328:Adult; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005260:Female; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D011340:Problem Solving; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012737:Sex Factors; D013067:Speech Perception