You often hear people explain some decision they made with words like, “I just had a gut feeling about it.” This is as true in poker as in all other kinds of decision-making.
I would like to suggest to you that this is not merely a figure of speech, but that the saying is more literal than we tend to assume.
Your Body and Your Mind
About 15 years ago, I attended one of the most interesting lectures I’ve ever heard. A doctor at the University of Minnesota described the research they were doing into eating disorders.