The Distracted Mind

Everyone knows we're not supposed to multitask while driving, but do you know why? Refraining from texting, changing the radio, or talking to other people in the car isn't just cautionary advice from your parents and driver's ed teachers. It turns out your brain literally can't focus on too much at once. Check out this short film from TED and Toyota to learn why.
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Directed by Kirill Yeretsky - KIRART.com

[@bluelightstudios6191]

Henry: "hello there"

[@mepdoesstuff8929]

Yeah hea boi

[@gluonic]

Alpha Vex Studios Exactly

[@Shetasen]

I wish I could refer this video to all employers when they ask "Can you Multitask?"

[@hanabiatsushi1778]

THIS VIDEO IS LITERALLY MY DAILY LIFE. I now work as an interpreter and I just realized how horrible I am. 5 seconds of distraction and I'm already lost.

[@BethJohnsonSM]

This is VERY IMPORTANT for teenagers to see as they begin driving! Regardless, of how it applies to adults with more practice focusing on several tasks at one time. Many of us can handle more than one task, many cannot. It depends on the person, their specifically unique brain, as with all other things. However, teens are different! their experience level, generally, is at the beginner level! For those who have teenagers and for the sake of those who do not, please reinforce this concept!!!!

[@justaheroforfun]

Teacher: I'm not Henry stickman Kid: then what distracted me Also kids brain: memes

[@djudh103]

It's Stickmin not stickman

[@ArborealOreo]

Such cute animation ^_^

[@Hylander27]

lol is anyone watching this video in the car?

[@tariqfadl6934]

ahahahahahaha

[@darkrangerl]

Soo baddd

[@brain.in.a.body.]

Just got into and minor accident yesterday.... I learned I need to devote my full attention to driving every time I am behind the wheel. No more needless distractions.

[@mudslinger888]

Yeah, like the distracting music they added to this video unnecessarily!

[@xyixuanx]

Thanks for sharing :) It helps

[@DaRealMidnight]

Great video!

[@tariqfadl6934]

Simple and fun !

[@sharadjishukla3297]

how you created this amazing animation, I'm in love with this animation

[@angelnagrani8150]

Others talking related to the topic Me : The animated character clicking photos even after he's hurt by a lion 💀💀

[@Point.Aveugle]

I read somewhere that there is multitasking but only one way. Since we have two eyes we can analyze whole texts by scanning. One eye looks for the next important word, while the other pays attention and reads in the minds eye. Other than that, you should focus on whatever you are doing if you don't you'll be slower, more prone to error, and learn a lot less.

[@gluonic]

Nobody: Henry Stickman: *Understandable, have a great day*

[@gluonic]

@ "I know you"

[@ryansuper7180]

.....wow...great vid

[@JakeTheSmol2ndchannel]

meanwhile henry: “time to get disctracted”

[@JeffersonVillacisZ]

We really need self-driving cars

[@ecrradio7620]

Until they become self-aware and drive themselves of of a cliff because we haven't changed the oil for 2 1/2 weeks

[@maggiemay9381]

@@ecrradio7620 yeah the self driving car is dangerous to. As you said who's changing the oil bet it doesn't wash itself either.🤔

[@KuddlKat]

Driving focus comes first--eyes on the road. If I'm talking to someone, listening to the radio, or whatever, driving still comes first. I don't miss what's happening on the road, I'll miss what's happening in the conversation. I know that even a very brief distraction at 60mph can be deadly and most people don't realize how long they are losing focus. That being said, some people can multitask better than others, but I'm definitely not one of them.

Muy bueno

[@maizelet85]

I like how he sliced Pi and made it Tau.

[@Confessions089]

Trauma also keeps the mind distracted.

[@JanKatrinaGuanzon]

Nice animation

[@chazbutcher]

Not to sound ignorant but what about headsets, blue tooths and hands free devices? I never talk on or text with a hand held device while driving but I have used a headset that is speech activated. Is this now considered to be dangerous now as well?

[@Kateart91]

im get a phone later and never going to text and drive or talk on the phone

[@JoeM370]

This content is an anchor. A book I read with like-minded themes provided a solid foundation for change. "A Life Unplugged: Reclaiming Reality in a Digital Age" by Theodore Blaze

[@NobbyKNobbs]

Not sure what this video is about. Was multitasking.

[@blackimpostor5324]

Spongebob’s driving be like 0:28

[@coconut7630]

to be honest, my cat ALWAYS distracts me somehow in one way or anoth

[@david.pavlicek]

It sounds like this video is narrated by Henry from MinutePhysics.

[@FelipeCampelo0]

Henry Ford probably noticed how his employees work better when not “multitasking”.

[@CursedsomeGD]

Henry: am i a joke to you

[@torioto]

I wonder what would happened if they put an example where he plays Ingress XD

[@tomsterbg8130]

So i basically made myself easily distracted by aiming to multitask... Shit.

[@piyushsharma903]

Wow

[@isaphoenix9673]

single full-time working mothers: Allow me to introduce myself

[@justineyweiny123]

i watched brain games in science class today...

[@dr.seaaral-dabooni383]

I wonder about these guys who put dislike! why ?

[@MoonOvIce]

I day dreamt (?) all my life before smartphones, I guess smartphones made it worse. I didn't have a cellphone until I was like 17-18 and didn't have a smartphone until I was 23 (I'm a 34-year old millenial).

[@maggiemay9381]

So when we're away day dreaming .....who's driving the car. 😨

[@1995dios]

I knew it

[@johnwhite6334]

The problem is this - anyone who needs to be told that it's not safe to text and drive doesn't need to be driving.

[@sadeqmuqibel]

I was distracted the whole video

[@FingersKungfu]

Good thing our car makers aren't also phone makers, lest they try to sell you both.

[@TheSaudi1]

Apple is announcing a car soon, unfortunately.

[@tikygaming4461]

Hi

[@TheFunnyPogGuy]

Imaginee if *HENRY* was here

[@lemax6172]

0:48

[@Hondeer]

Your day of driving will be eventful if you hit me because you're on your phone. Just make sure you hit the driver door, because you do not want me coming out of my baby.

[@tcironbear21]

I think it is possible for driving to become an automated process like walking. There are many times that I have been in a conversation and found that my autopilot has has taken me to wrong place. Meanwhile I have driven through freeway traffic, intersections, etc. I have done this for years without accidents (and only two accidently ran stop lights). Frankly I wish someone would do a study to see if people can actually automate their driving process to the same degree as walking. I would not be surprised if their is a large portion of us who can do, but a large portion that can not. As a person who just traveled 1500 miles on a freeway while listening to youtube videos & surffing the internet the whole way, I increasingly feel like I am being punished for the actions of moronic minority.

[@benlee7450]

The problem is that "have been doing it without accidents for years" is not enough evidence to deem talking on the phone while driving safe, or a good idea. If you are generally a good driver and unlikely to get into accident, then even if you increase your risk by 4 times, there's still a good chance you will not get into an accident. But you're still putting yourself (and others) at more risk.

[@tcironbear21]

***** I put myself at risk just by driving. You can not approach life from a pure risk mitigation point of view. If all I was worried about was risk mitigation I would buy bunches of insurance policies for every kind of risk and watch as they are never used.

[@benlee7450]

TC Coltharp Of course not. But I'd argue this is one risk worth mitigating. Your judgement is obviously different than mine.

[@minhucle9593]

Kay n non

[@minhucle9593]

The recycled mind will lose

[@iancwalker5]

Actually I disagree that the mind is hard wired to focus on a single task; surely quite the opposite is true. We have evolved from surviving in a wilderness environment where taking in the whole of our surroundings and switching tasks quickly is essential to survive. All our senses create a milieu of input from all around us. The mind sorts through millions of messages a second to come up with a single answer to the question; is it safe? Until this answer is satisfied, the mind will continually seek out new stimuli to assess the question. The problem with cars is their perceived safety that removes this question. Since the car is apparently safe, the mind begins to seek out other stimuli and hence we are enabled to mistakenly switch to another task. It is not the person that is at fault, but the inability to perceive danger.

[@LuiKang043]

He said one complex task, the keyword here being "complex". As driving a car involves constant attention to an ever-changing situation, a sudden shift from that complex task involving the hands, feet and eyes would lead to an inability to react to a perceived danger. Indeed there is the inability to perceive the danger too, like you said.

[@iancwalker5]

Thanks for pointing that out. Yes, trying to accomplish a complex task where the mind is distracted cannot end well. Perhaps one day, the cars comm systems will evolve to disable a driver's phone while driving. There are already so many human factors involved in vehicle accidents, like fatigue, frustration, rushing, complacency and emotional instability that it's amazing there are not more incidents. The video is a good step though towards creating driver awareness.

[@LuiKang043]

I thought you were gonna say, "one day, the car's systems will evolve to do the driving itself." Sadly that seems a bit more further than the option of disabling the phone. :/ But hey, if that be the case, then there will be people who'll hack around it or start crying on about removing their freedom.

[@cheryllewis3059]

My understanding of the human brain is that "science" says our brain can only process ONE thought at a time. Processing a "thought" through neurons (chemically) in the brain vs reacting/sensory and 'thinking" multi-tasking are different, apparently? Something more about conscious (focus) and non-conscious (memory) brain comes into play as well?psychology.stackexchange.com/questions/1655/is-it-possible-to-run-multiple-thought-processes-concurrently

[@malikmalak4631]

Or just develop self driving vehicle!

[@blackimpostor5324]

Bruh just do it

[@malikmalak4631]

@@blackimpostor5324 Petroleum companies have been holding back the patents for technology needed to advance autonomous vehicles that operate on renewable energies. When the largest companies with the deepest pockets and the highest connections in global politics want to hold something back. It's nearly impossible to accomplish.

[@hankbank5172]

I change the radio station while driving, just be careful!

[@soda1636]

*Who else is here because of Henry Stickmin?*

[@blackimpostor5324]

Me

[@tikygaming4461]

Yes

[@TheFunnyPogGuy]

Me