This explains why I can not get in to American Idol. Perhaps it also explains that “how did I get here feeling” after a long drive…
LINK – Discovery News : Discovery Channel
Dull Tasks Numb the Brain, Literally
AFP
April 22, 2008 — It turns out that dull tasks really do numb the brain. Researchers have discovered that as people perform monotonous tasks, their brain shifts towards an at-rest mode whether they like it or not.
And by monitoring that area of the brain, they were able to predict when someone was about to make a mistake before they made it, a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found.
