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Likewise, it has become an intense area of academic research, along with the unconscious knowledge and integration on which it largely depends. Although both women and men process information partially below awareness, there are likely some distinctions. Research shows that in many situations men tend to simplify information and focus primarily on its most salient aspects. In contrast, women tend to utilize information more completely, with greater sensitivity to the inter-relationships between different pieces, to context and to anomalies. We propose that there is an affinity between intuition and the way that women prefer to deal with information, and that much of their higher-level information processing and elaboration may occur below awareness. Recent work also indicates that women are more receptive to emotional and other body-based signals, which can help surface unconscious knowledge. Their greater focus on completeness and interconnections together with their emotional and bodily sensitivity tends to make them more open to additional information at both the unconscious and conscious level. Therefore, women\u2019s intuition, although it can take time to germinate, has the potential to foster decision making, problem solving and human resources management that are more multifaceted and holistic. Male intuition, in contrast, seems to support expert behavior and efficiency. 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