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

Check out the book “Thinking, Fast and Slow.” It’s a distilled version of Nobel Prize winning research on this exact topic.

Answer 2

Check out the book “Thinking, Fast and Slow.” It’s a distilled version of Nobel Prize winning research on this exact topic.