I - The
causes of spacing/day dreaming while driving/controlling a large system
We can
see/imagine the primary school that we have attended as a child. We can see dreams when sleeping. We can daydream a vacation on the Bahamian
beaches.
There is a slight
difference between these, namely dreaming and imagining. Imagining is more
on the
conscious level whereas dreaming is more on the subconscious level. Whatever the case is, we certainly have a
subsystem in our brain to do these.
“The
experience of visual memory is also referred to as the mind's eye through which
we can retrieve from our memory a mental image of original objects, places,
animals or people.[Berryhill , M. (2008, May 09). ” [1]
“Using
magnetic fields that disrupt brain activity, researchers have proved that visual memories are
re-created in the brain as mental pictures. Stored images are played, like
videotapes, on a screenlike sheet of tissue at the back of the head.”[2]
Similarly we
may hear our beloved tune time and time again in our brain. Musicians have this problem/ability much more
as they are more trained and they are more involved with music.
Similar to
mind’s eye there is a mind’s ear with which we can imagine a new piece of music
or recall one that we have heard before.
One step
further than mind’s ear, we have inner voice.
We can speak in our mind without moving an bit our tongue or lips and
making any sound. We can help our
thinking by repeating critical words to the subject we are working on or trying
to remember.
The
existence of inner voice and mind’s ear gives rise to the existence of mind’s
hearing of words.
Very similar
to mind’s eye, mind’s hearing of words happens intentionally or unintentionally.
Namely
you may
recall a word using your inner voice consciously or you can ponder a problem than leave
yourself to rest and suddenly hear a word or idea that comes from your
subconscious. We call these inspiration
and intuition.
I will write
about the causes/effects of spacing or daydreaming while driving a car or controlling
any large system in the next section.
REFERENCES:
[1] Visual memory and the brain.
Retrieved from
http://www.visionsciences.org/symposia2008_4.html
[2] HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES
Mind's Eye Re-Creates Visual Memories
By William J. Cromie
