After Skool Listen to Your Intuition | After Skool
Nov 13, 2025
In this engaging discussion, Daniel Cordaro, an emotion researcher and psychologist, delves into the power of intuition. He explains somatic markers and their crucial role in decision-making, emphasizing how emotions can often guide us faster than logic. Cordaro also shares insights on where these emotional shortcuts are stored in the brain, particularly in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex. Through a fascinating card-deck experiment, he reveals how our bodies can react to decisions before we even become consciously aware of them.
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Emotions Are Decision Shortcuts
- Emotions act as mental shortcuts that bias and guide decision-making when pure logic is too slow.
- Somatic markers let the brain use feelings to quickly evaluate situations without deliberating over every detail.
Trust Gut Feelings For Everyday Choices
- Do not ignore gut feelings when making everyday decisions because relying only on slow, conscious logic is impractical.
- Use your emotions as informative shortcuts rather than dismissing them as irrational.
Body Signals Precede Conscious Choice
- Somatic markers are stored in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and influence choices before conscious awareness.
- Physiological signals like sweat can reveal the body's evaluation of risk before the mind understands it.