About the book: 2009 / How reliable is our intuition? Can we rely on it when we shop at a store, choose a mate, hire employees, or evaluate our own abilities? Prominent American psychologist David Myers skillfully shows that intuition, while awakening in us amazing insight, at the same time can sometimes lead us into dangerous delusion. Drawing on contemporary evidence from psychological science, Myers discusses the strengths and weaknesses of using intuition in cases where judges and juries evaluate the credibility of testimony, when psychologists and psychiatrists identify criminal tendencies, and when managers make hiring decisions. The author's analysis of the phenomenon of intuition extends to all spheres of human activity, including sports, banking, medicine, professional selection, gambling, extrasensory perception and many others..