Pritha Mukhopadhyay is a Professor, Department of Psychology and Dean of Science, University of Calcutta (CU), India. She is a gold medalist of University of Calcutta and recipient of the J. William Fulbright Scholarship. Her academic contribution has been recognized by the State Education Department, Govt. of West Bengal, India. She is the Co-ordinator and one of the principal investigators of UGC Funded Centre with Potential for Excellence in a Particular Area (CPEPA) at CU. She is awarded with major research projects from different organisations of the government of India. She was director in a project funded by UNICEF. Her research encompasses Cognitive Science and application of the methods of Neuropsychology and Psychophysiology in the clinical field. She has to her credit several research papers in reputed journals, book chapters, authored and edited books.Sharmistha Banerjee is Professor of Business Management at the University of Calcutta, India.Ishita U. Bharadwaj is an Associate professor at the University of Delhi, India.

• List of figures xList of tables xiiList of contributors xiiiForeword xviiiPreface xxiAcknowledgments xxiii1 Introduction 1PRITHA MUKHOPADHYAY, SHARMISTHA BANERJEE AND ISHITA U.BHARADWAJPART IIntuition and Cognition: Cognitive and Biological Base 72 Intuitive cognition: A construct beyond cognition 9PRITHA MUKHOPADHYAY, MANAS KUMAR MANDAL AND PRIYADARSHI PATNAIK3 Cognition and intuition: Exploring anatomical foundation and origin 26SUJAY GHOSH4 Cognition and intuition: Exploring genetic and molecular foundation 43SUJAY GHOSHPART IIIntuitive Cognition, Aesthetics and Culture 715 Understanding the social brain: Social cognition and neuropsychology interface 73DEEPAK KUMAR SALVI, RAVIKESH TRIPATHI AND POONAM JOSHI6 Interface between folk mind and intuitive cognition 86RAGHUBIR SINGH PIRTA7 Culture, gender, and intuitive cognition: Relational dialectic 103ISHITA U. BHARADWAJ, MEHARMEET KAUR, RITU MUDGAL AND ARITRA MUKHERJEE8 Myriads of intuitive cognition in the social world 118ARITRA MUKHERJEE AND ISHITA U. BHARADWAJ9 Recognition to cognition: Changing roles of Sādṛśya in the process of making visual art 134SANJAY SEN GUPTA10 The bond invisible: Reflection on intuition and expression with special reference to the artworks of rabindranath tagore 145SWATI BHATTACHARYA11 Intuitive linkage: Interface between artistic expression and mental illness 163SAMADRITA BHATTACHARYAPART IIIIntuitive Cognition: From Knowledge to Practice 18312 Metacognitive strategies in fundamental skill acquisition 185SHAZIA HASNAIN AND SANTOSHI HALDER13 Metacognitive and intuitive strategies in children’s learning 207NANDITA BABU AND RADHIKA KHURANA14 Inception and manifest of intuitive cognition in children 222MOUMA NAG, ANANYA SENGUPTA AND PRITHA MUKHOPADHYAY15 The role of intuition in psychotherapy: Insights into reflective practices 235PIYA SAHA, KAUSTAV MANNA AND PRITHA MUKHOPADHYAY16 Intuition cognition balance in the capacity building of entrepreneurship 260IPSITA C. PATRANABIS, SHRESTHA CHAKRABARTY AND SHARMISTHA BANERJEE17 Cognitive insights on neuromarketing: Nudging intuitive marketing 275TANUSREE DUTTA AND MANAS KUMAR MANDAL18 At the crossroad: Intuition beyond artificial intelligence 293KAUSTAV MANNA AND SWARUP PORIA19 Intuitive cognition: Reconfiguring the path ahead 309PRITHA MUKHOPADHYAY, SHARMISTHA BANERJEE AND ISHITA U. BHARADWAJIndex 311