Introverted Intuition (Ni) Cognitive Function

What Introverted Intuition (Ni) Cognitive Function does?

Knowing. Foreseeing. Understanding.

A sense of the whole theory, explanation, or plan.

An automatic pattern recognition process that is very unconscious in nature.

Conscious (Ni) in the Psychology Types

Hero function for INFJ Advocate + INTJ Mastermind

Parent function for ENFJ Mentor + ENTJ Commander

Child function for ISTP Craftsman + ISFP Designer

Anima/Animus (inferior) for ESTP Explorer + ESFP Entertainer

The Neuroscience of Introverted Intuition (Ni) – Knowing

• Brief trance to answer problems
• Focus on what will happen
• May over-rely on unconscious
• Uses whole brain to foresee the future
• May use physical action or symbol to focus the mind

Source: Book on Neuroscience – Cognitive Functions

Learn the 8 Jungian Cognitive Processes

1. Introverted Intuition (Ni) Cognitive Function
2. Extroverted Intuition (Ne) Cognitive Function
3. Introverted Thinking (Ti) Cognitive Function
4. Extroverted Thinking (Te) Cognitive Function
5. Introverted Feeling (Fi) Cognitive Function
6. Extroverted Feeling (Fe) Cognitive Function
7. Extroverted Sensing (Se) Cognitive Function
8. Introverted Sensing (Si) Cognitive Function

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