Fuel for the Mindful Driver: Music in our ears?
FUEL FOR THE MINDFUL DRIVER: Music in our ears? Here’s some news – now there is a study to backup your intuitive feeling, that teens and music do not mix when driving. This could make your conversation a little bit easier. Association for Psychological Science: Music in the car can cause teen drivers to tune out. While it’s well known that using a cell phone while driving is a recipe for disaster, a study from psychological scientists Warren Brodsky and Zack Slor of Ben-Gurion...
Read MoreFuel for the mindful driver: Escape the Drama
FUEL FOR THE MINDFUL DRIVER: Escape the Drama This is a beautiful story told by a courageous driver who was able to recognize that the thoughts in his head were a self-created drama designed to make him right and others wrong. We all do this at one time or an other, but rarely do we catch ourselves or have the universe give us a wake-up call. In MINDFUL DRIVING we attend to WHAT IS, not to what IT SHOULD be, or what WE WANT IT TO BE. That also includes being aware of feeling irritated, or being...
Read MoreFuel for the Mindful Driver- over-estimating ability
FUEL FOR THE MINDFUL DRIVER – Our biases lead to over-estimating our ability in adverse conditions This paper was written for winter driving, but the same applies for driving in rain and at night or on narrow roads. In general, we tend to assume that we are better drivers than we really are, and we fail to adjust for deteriorating road conditions. “Driving in Rain, Sleet, or Snow? Cognitive Biases Worsen Winter Driving Psychological scientists have long known that people...
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