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Humans have two primary systems of acquiring knowledge: [[intuition]], a fast and unconscious reflex; and [[logic]], a slow and deliberate process.<ref>{{harvnb|Kahneman|2011|pp=20-23}}</ref> Each of these dual cognitive methods is designed to interface with a specific type of information,<ref>{{harvnb|Darlow|Sloman|2010|pp=1-3}}</ref> and are thus connected to different parts of the brain. The neural circuitry of intuition (the amygdala, basal ganglia and lateral temporal cortex)<ref>{{harvnb|Lieberman|2003|p=7}}</ref> is linked to circuitry related to working memory, motor control, attention, perception, and empathy.<ref>{{harvnb|Ramezanpour|Fallah|2022}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Roozendaal|et al.|2009}}</ref><ref name=">{{harvnb|Schacter |et al., |2020">Schacter, D. L., Daniel Todd Gilbert, Nock, M., & Wegner, D. M. (2020). ''Psychology'' (5th ed.). Worth Publishers, Macmillan Learning.}}</ref> Meanwhile, the neural circuitry of reason (anterior cingulate cortex, prefrontal cortex, and the medial temporal lobe including the hippocampus)<ref>{{harvnb|Lieberman|2003|p=10}}</ref> is linked to circuitry related to long-term memory recall, executive function, and complex decision-making.<ref name=">{{harvnb|Aharoni |et al., |2013">Aharoni, E., Vincent, G. M., Harenski, C. L., Calhoun, V. D., Sinnott-Armstrong, W., Gazzaniga, M. S., & Kiehl, K. A. (2013). Neuroprediction of future rearrest. ''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110''(15), 6223–6228. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1219302110}}</ref><ref name="Friedman & Robbins, 2021">{{harvnb|Friedman, N. P., & |Robbins, T. W. (|2021). The role of prefrontal cortex in cognitive control and executive function. ''Neuropsychopharmacology, 47''(47), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-021-01132-0}}</ref>

These systems are implicated in different behaviors, but like everything in the brain they are deeply connected and regularly interface with each other. For example, one could notice a dessert table and be drawn to it by their intuitive, perceptual mind - but ultimately be drawn away from it by their logical mind.<ref name=">{{harvnb|Darlow & |Sloman, |2010" |p=1}}</ref>{{efn|Psychoengineering uses "empathetic/logical mind" for these systems, but they have many different names in contemporary psychology. Stanovich uses "systems 1/2", so as to not give a preference to either system. Evans has used "old/new mind", in reference to the evolutionary age of each system.<ref name="Evans & Stanovich, 2013">{{harvnb|Evans, J. St. B. T., & |Stanovich, K. E. (|2013). Dual-Process Theories of Higher Cognition. ''Perspectives on Psychological Science, 8''(3), 223–241. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691612460685|p=1}}</ref> Darlow and Sloman use "intuitive/deliberate system" to emphasize the level of conscious control present in each.<ref name=">{{harvnb|Darlow & |Sloman, |2010" |p=2}}</ref>}}

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