ENGL110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Phineas Gage, Prefrontal Cortex, Working Memory
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The distracted mind notes cortex was impatient and irritable after the accident. Multitasking causes a dopamine release = we find it rewarding. We don"t like when we do one thing at a time. Man shot through his eye and into his head with a tamping iron (phineas gage) into the prefrontal. The risk of a car accident increases by 4 fold when using a hands on or hands free phone while. It is far more dangerous to use a phone while driving than drunk driving. Phone - a demanding cognitive and visual resource. Pilots overshot their destination by 150 miles when laptopping driving. All good writing = stating claims, supporting with evidence. Providing enough evidence to establish a thing is true or believable. Discussion of the distracted mind with adam gazzaley . He spoke about all of the statistics with the use of cellphones. Drunk driving - reiterated the point in the chart.
