Question

Esther won’t admit this to anyone, but has reached the age where driving scares her and makes her nervous. She gets particularly overwhelmed in traffic when trying to make a left-hand turn. She is having trouble using her _____ attention to make decisions about what to notice at the intersection.

Answer 1

Answer: Esther won’t admit this to anyone, but has reached the age where driving scares her and makes her nervous. She gets particularly overwhelmed in traffic when trying to make a left-hand turn. She is having trouble using her divided attention to make decisions about what to notice at the intersection.

Explanation:

Paying attention to driving is a key factor in maintaining safety because we can cause an accident in a second. Many times we assume that attention should be fixed only on what the road shows us through the front of the vehicle, however, in driving, it is often said that attention must be divided into three types.

• Selective attention ( It increases our brain's ability to react quickly to events that require it).
• Divided attention ( During driving situations arise in which we must pay attention to more than one factor at a time).
• Sustained attention (This attention refers to the need to remain alert to possible stimuli that may occur over time).

Our brain is not designed to perform more than one complex task at a time. Even if it seems that it does, it does not perform at maximum capacity because every time we change activity, the brain disconnects from the previous task to focus on the current one.

That is why it is always important to drive responsibly and without the distraction of a mobile phone or some other device.