I think it'd actually more of an intuition that you build up over time, and a lot of the people who are "naturally" good at new things just have existing intuitions that apply more broadly than people realize.

Like, to be a huge nerd about it, if someone plays video games a lot, then they're going to be better at a brand new game than someone who's never picked up a controller (cause they're used to those) but we don't act like they have a magic innate talent for gaming, you know?