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Fair point. But I would point out that the only things this works with are things we have thoroughly mastered (e.g. walking). People have issues talking and d
by ytinas 17y ago
Fair point. But I would point out that the only things this works with are things we have thoroughly mastered (e.g. walking). People have issues talking and driving (e.g. in parts of Europe it's illegal to talk on a cell while driving because of all the accidents it causes).
In my experience it depends on the amount of processing required. If I'm driving a straight away with traffic going mostly the same speed I can hold complex conversations. As soon as something happens on the road I drop the conversation until my attention isn't needed on the road anymore.
- jacquesm 17y agoYes, that's exactly how it works. It seems as though the lower level tasks have the ability to push themselves in to the foreground when something happens that they don't know how to handle. It's an amazing mechanism. Animals can do it too, birds can sing 'on the wing', there are lots of other examples. Fascinating stuff.