What happens when your brain goes on auto pilot?

Question

I drive a lot, and sometimes I just “scare” back into reality and I realize I wasn’t even paying attention the last few seconds, and it feels weird. Why and how does this happen?

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Answer 1

Whats the reason for this happening more often? A lot of the time this happens to me, I’ll do some task and forget, or not know what the specific parts where

Answer 2

Whats the reason for this happening more often? A lot of the time this happens to me, I’ll do some task and forget, or not know what the specific parts where