The Neuroscience of Being Human
The Neuroscience of Lorry Driving
Monotony and highway hypnosis, sustained vigilance and fatigue, isolation and the social brain, the cab as territory and circadian strain: what the brain is really doing across the long, solitary hours of the long-haul road
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Long-haul lorry driving asks the human brain to do something it was never designed for: to remain alert and accurate for hour after hour of unchanging motorway, alone, often through the night, on a body clock the schedule ignores. This fully referenced article examines the neuroscience of that demand, from the drowsy, dissociated state of highway hypnosis and the steady depletion of sustained attention, to the effects of isolation on the deeply social human brain, the way the cab becomes a defended territory and portable home, and the circadian strain of shift work. It closes with the coping strategies professional drivers use, and what the science says about protecting the mind across the long, solitary miles.
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