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This is from February 2017 and it's all about instincts and how we might learn to trust

ours better. Enjoy. You know the feeling. It's the emotional equivalent of seeing something

out of the corner of your eye.

So fleeting, you're not sure it's real. She's lying, it says. Or maybe, don't call him back.

Or perhaps just something's not right. So do you trust it, this feeling? Or do you brush it aside?

And if you do trust it, what do you call it? Instinct or intuition? Sixth

sense? Your bullshit detector? Whatever name you prefer, there's no doubt that, historically

speaking, it gets a mixed press. At best, perhaps, it's the preserve of animals. At worst,

it's downright witchy. By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes, because after all, where does it come from this information?

Some kind of dial-up to the spirit realm? Or could there be a scientific explanation?

Tonight on Late Night Woman's Hour, I want to explore the benefits of trusting your instincts.

Businesswoman Hillary DeVay became a national treasure overnight on the TV show Dragon's Den,

deploying a weapons-grade bullshit detector to devastating effect.

Neuroscientist Sophie Scott studies voices, speech and laughter at University College London,

and as a result, is even better than most mums

at judging when her son is lying to her.

Mo Dowdy is a retired detective inspector

with 30 years of police work in CID,

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