Each of us has all of the gifts, but we generally tend to use the one or two that we are strongest in. Empathics tend to perceive primarily through their emotions and physical sensations. In a general sense, these people will feel either comfortable or uncomfortable with a person, situation, or environment, based on what they are receiving intuitively. Prophetics often have quick and busy minds, and vivid dreams. To perceive sounds or words from sources broadcasting from a spiritual or ethereal realms.
Cognitive personalities tend to be more analytical than the other personality types.
They feel the need to understand things thoroughly, and can be very precise. As the term implies, Visionaries are very visually oriented people. They tend to be sensitive to what they see, and feel a need for organization in their physical environment. For Visionaries, intuition usually comes as psychic 'seeing', or what is usually referred to as clairvoyance. They see actual pictures related to the information being sought.