Trust your Gut: How the Brain-Gut Connection Helps Us Decide Intuitively @BrainFactsorg
Trust your Gut: How the Brain-Gut Connection Helps Us Decide Intuitively @BrainFactsorg
Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The two-way communication between the brain and the gut does more than help us digest a meal — it also assists with higher cognitive functions like intuitive decision-making. And, these “gut decisions” may be our best bet when we don’t have time to carefully consider our options.

This is a video from the 2021 Brain Awareness Video Contest.

Created by Aline Ivy Salillas.
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Trust your Gut: How the Brain-Gut Connection Helps Us Decide Intuitively

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