Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?

Answer 1

Great Question! I always wondered about this until I read up some on multi-sensory learning.

The brain processes input from all of the senses simultaneously, and simultaneously "outputs" information to the body, controlling all conscious functions. Both taking in information and telling the body to do something require "bandwidth" to put it into a computer context. People with different learning styles use different means of reinforcing what they are learning - these might include, for example, repeating things out loud, gesturing with hands, or "envisioning" a map in your mind. All of these take up some of your mental "bandwidth".

So, the simple answer is that turning down the radio reduces the "bandwidth" used to take in and process that information, making it available for other uses, such as remembering the directions, turning the steering wheel, or visually searching for the address. Some people may do this kind of multi-tasking easier than others since they need less bandwidth for some processes - it all depends on your indivdual learning style.

Answer 2

While many people claim to be able to multtask, the fact is that no one cand do more than one thing with his mind without some impaired functionality.

Even those who, for example, can carry out multiple games of chess do not carry all of those games out at the same time. They have tremendous powers of concentration and very good memories, but each decision is considered and carried out one at a time.

A more commonly seen example of this phenomenon is when observing people driving with cell phones. As long as some attention is being paid to the phone convrsation, some attention is diverted from driving. Neither the driving nor the conversation is as smooth as when either is being done without the other.

Turning down the volume on the radio allows the mind to more easily ignore the music and concentrate on the address.

Answer 3

as a results of fact having the music on takes faraway from you concentration and concentration. maximum persons, being sensible persons, will nevertheless have an area of the strategies concentrated on the tunes on the radio if we shop the quantity up. Ergo, we turn it down so we are able to commit our strategies to the activity of address searching for. desire this helps!!!

Answer 4

so that you will focus on only finding the address not finding the address and listening to the music and driving at the same time you might get involved in an accident

Answer 5

Concentration, but also courtesy for the neighbors.. no reason to blow them out of their houses with music they don't necessarily like.

I always turn my radio down when I pull into any neighborhood I'm going to, whether for the first time, or any subsequent time.

Answer 6

because after driving around for like 17 minutes your probally pretty frustrated and you turn off the radio because something bad happens while something else is going wrong. particularily a head ache or something.

Answer 7

If the major modality for the person is "auditory" then they need to lower the volume so they can "hear" the directions in their head.

Answer 8

To Concentrate without distraction. or in case a talking map, to be able to listen properly.

Answer 9

The noise from the radio distracts you from your search.

Answer 10

Allows your mind to put more of its concentration on either the map or the street names, whatever you are looking at (or for).