Why You Turn Down The Radio When You're Lost - Cheddar Explains 

Simple answer : to concentrate better.

Just like how it’s hard to take a test in a loud classroom

0:09 Runs a stop sign.

00:08 Definitely rolled through that stop sign bro

You should always turn the radio off when reversing. You need to concentrate more, and it allows you to hear if anyone shouts, etc..

Can you make a video about how cheddar choose topics/ research them?

As I casually scroll through the comments...

>Human is missing physical stimulus >Just kinda, starts walking around trying to make his own Humans are adorable omg

When I get close to my destination I always turn down the tunes

Im always turning off the radio when im parking! It helps me concentrate!

I had a discussion with some friends about this a few weeks ago. Thanks for the explanation! Helps a lot!

does this explain how I'm able to burn food and not smell it when I'm listening to music on my ear phones

This could have been explained in a 60 second video

Pfft, this totally justifies what I told my buddy the other "Shut up dude, turn down the radio, I can't see"

I'm seeing this while multi-tasking

The brain working out in the gym is priceless!🤗😃

Eyes, ears, connected to the same brain, limited HP... Sounds legit.

I have ADHD and this explains things so well for me. The constant switching between inputs from all the different things is seriously exhausting because I can barely control it

6 min answer: to concentrate. Short answer: to concentrate.

0:09 So I guess stop signs don't matter either..

I'm multi-tasking while watching this video!

I just send you 10 BAT (3.6USD). Thanks a lot for your great videos and work!

I like that you guys started putting your sources after one of the Green brothers mentioned it

You saved 5 minutes of my life. Thanks

3:40 Ah yes using your phone while driving, that illegal thing we're NEVER supposed to do. Also, we don't multitask. As you said, our brain is always updating, always finding new stimulus to distract us. Which is why we can't multitask. You're either paying attention to one thing or another.

Yep. I watched/listened to this video while working.

My mom is always the one to turn down the radio when I drive and there is traffic. I hate it. Dunno if I'm the only one but I'm pretty good at forgetting that there is music. Sometimes, a good song plays and I tell myself I'll play it again once it's done. I remember that 4-5 songs later.

Sorry I was doing my homework. What were you saying again?

I multitasked whilst watching this. I saw your lips move and heard what you said. Thanks for the insight that we all multitask or I may have missed that important point

Does anybody still have to explain this? You do it to focus. That's all. Thanks you for the complex explanation on the video ^^

Most people reflexively drive on autopilot. Studies have shown that over attentive drivers perform more poorly, and are especially prone to overcompensation in turning and breaking.

Can you use the metric system? Like almost all of us...

did i just wartched an explanatory video of a meme??

Sound not only hinders vision but our taste glands too... This is what I experience sometimes

Where I live, some people talk or even text while *riding motorcycles*. Natural selection will occur, but I hope it takes less casualties.

I love that this video pulls a switcheroo on the concept of multitasking. Hank Green might just be doing another commentary in affirmation of Cheddar this time.

I've got a major correction to add.. there is no such thing as multitasking. Your brain can only focus on one thing at a time. Sometimes it may seem like you are multitasking, but what you are really doing is switching your focus between two different things, and thus your efficiency and accuracy is less than when you do one thing to completion, and then another. For example, if you were handed 2 sheets of paper, one has a word search, the other a crossword puzzle. The most efficient, and for most people the most logical way of completing both of them, is to do one of them to completion and then moving on to the other. But if you were to switch after every word, it would take a few seconds for your brain to get into gear and focus on the new task, and it would take much longer to complete them. That is basically what multitasking is. It's a trick our brain plays on us. Like how people believe that the earth doesnt spin, because we dont feel any rotation, but it isnt the case. Edit: after watching further in, you guys talk about this so disregard my correction, but I'm going to leave the comment incase someone needs a different explanation of this.

This doesn't explain why I often turn down my screen brightness when the volume is too loud, and turn down the volume when the screen is too bright.

Why you turn off all distractions when you need to concentrate: to concentrate better.

Way more interesting than I thought

Great job. Thank you!

This is the reason why there are strong penalties in the UK for even touching your mobile phone while sitting in the driver's seat with the engine on.

Trying to correlate this with video games as a form of multitasking. Especially competitive fighting games.

The second I'm on the highway, i get sleepy. The second I'm back on a regular road, I'm awake. I MUST have a podcast or audiobook playing while driving on the highway, or I won't make it. They keep me awake and focused. Weirdly, having other people in the car does nothing either way.

So when self driving cars are being developed do they program a doodling sub routine algorithm so the car doesn't get bored?

Always wondered about this... thank you 😊

Where are these commercially available?

I turn down mine so i can hear the wife tell me 50 times. I think your lost.

I’m never lost but I turn down the radio when I park. And I always back into my parking spot.

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1:12 Am I the only one who listens to that music and thinks about Spirit of the Law?

It's too dark in here I can't hear you

Well if you have 8gb of ram you can multitask more better

Every time someone calls it "John Hopkins University" a future doctor cries

So basically it's because you can't hear yourself think when you are doing complex tasks? Is that why when I write comments I can't have the video playing in the background because my ideas get scrambled and I can't hear myself think?

Me at work as a software developer instinctively taking of my headset to focus better on a difficult task... Me hearing enoying squicking noises from my boss, project managers and other colleagues coming closer talking about a broken office printer in the background... Me quickly putting on those headphones again...

Because it’s not a joy ride any more. There. I saved you 6 minutes.

isn't that the song from that one "how i met your mother" episode?

It's not that hard to ignore whoever you're talking to on the phone when it gets a bit hairy while driving. And I drive a semi. 53 foot trailer. When backing into the dock I prefer my music turned up but I turn it down so I can hear my surroundings

Patrick: I cant hear you its too dark in here

Gotta pump up those Eurobeat

So in a way it actually helps to turn up the volume up when driving and you are tired and afraid of falling asleep. I know I should stop and take a short nap. I also remember being a bit tired, but then I met some caravans and had to find a place to overtake them. It made me more awake. Probably because I had to use my brain more.

how dare you not recognize Stanley's crossword puzzle. aint no doodles!

So when we do what our brain wants it becomes our very own drug dealer but most of the time we live in a dream world. Awesome. :~) You have to marvel at the complexity of nature.

This one niece of mine always did her homework while listening to music. She repeated 12th grade twice, and eventually didn't graduate.

she said maybe u grab ur map THEN ur phone LMFAOOO

Just because I don’t think the video made it clear enough, DON’T ever use a cell phone while driving, even down that monotonous road, it dulls reaction time, distracts more than music or even talking to a passenger (your passengers can see what’s going on and can shut up or warn if necessary). I’m English and here it is illegal to use a phone at all when driving, even just having it in your hand. I can’t speak for other countries on the legality but just as a sensible person, phones and driving do not mix, even ‘hands free’ as it’s not just about looking away from the road it is also about divided attention. Thanks PSA over.

If you listen carefully in the beginning of the video you can hear 500miles(im gonna be)by The Proclaimers

They really just made “to concentrate better” into 6 minutes 30 seconds

I was officially allowed to doodle in class. As the only one. :) Privileges! Yeah, Baby!!!

It's not about seeing, just about focusing better.

Wait, is this the woman who voices the Spotify ads? She sounds super familiar.

The example at 2:29 isn’t valid because when multitasking you will move your hand more then if you do one at a time so you will loos time

Did your guy run that stop sign?

That was me driving thru a new town today. So confusing the streets.

i actually always thought this was a weird quirk of mine cause other people don't seem to do it (i guess their brains are just better at multitasking). When i'm doing something on the computer (gaming, drawing) while listening to music or youtube, if I suddenly run into something I have to think harder for then I end up turning down or even completely pausing the audio stimulus without even noticing the fact I did that. I can realize an hour later like "wait, why is the music not playing?" because I paused it to focus on something. lmao. Also the reason why I don't like listening to music in the car unless theres no traffic and i'm not making many turns

It’s weird how this video knew all of our favorite songs.

A 6 minute video to tell me I can’t multi task

Lots of emotional connections in those duct cleaning calls.

You got my like since i heard the song !! Himym

my teacher was talking about this yesterday

This is due to the loud audio being a distraction. I usually don't even use the car radio at all and drive silently, but family members sometimes turn it on very loud.

literally hate my brain right now, just because it thinks it needs to “doodle” while I’m supposed to listen in class, I miss a lot of what’s happening in class. Does anyone have a time how to reduce that, my life is depending on it.

At work, I usually hate small talk before I take my lunch. It helps me focus on my job but at the expense of being called antisocial.

Why do all videos that talk about how brains work always ignore to even at all mention neuro diversity, its actually really good to know that there are exceptions. For this specific video for example its very different if you have ADD or ADHD. I think it would increase the educational quality to mention that brains do not all work the same, when the area covered is one where things can be very different. Like for me, a person with ADD, complex tasks will still leave me as bored as a monotonous highway and I need more stimulus to keep my focus. So multitasking is actually better most of the time. Also with part of 'your brain turning down the volume' on background noice, my brain can not do this properly because of ADD. You don't have to bring up examples or explain these points, but it would be nice to leave room for it excisting by at least at some point saying 'for most people it works this way', so someone on their own can figure out and look into it if they they think 'ah ok most people, so some people are not like that'. I enjoy your videos, wouldn't bother otherwise.

I don't believe that 108.6 MHz is an officially sanctioned FM broadcast frequency, unless the cartoon wants to listen in on aviation terminal VOR and ILS broadcasts. (www.smeter.net/spectrum/aviation.php)

I wonder if classical music is any different.

Interesting

But how can one determine what task is complicated... I love to multitask and often i can focus on 3 or more tasks at the same time... (for hours until my brain gets tired/ i start loosing focus...) i often watch youtube or listen to a audiobooks while working or playing a game on my phone... I'm completely focused on both of my actions... Both the youtube video and everything that was said and the game/project with no mistakes/... While there are also things which are more subconscious like timing when water boil/something I'm cooking is ready.... (yeah that's not a complicated task but you get the point my estimate of time is nearly perfect without using a timer/...) And i often feel underwhelmed by such tasks and... (for that reason I've read *or more correctly to say* listen to more books and.... From what most people read in 10 life times), The question I've got is how can one determine what task can be considered complicated... Oh and BTW many neurologists agree that there are 4 active memory "slots" in our brains And in theory we should be able to focus on 4 or more actions... (that's chucking a whole different story... Basically tasks and... Can be combine into a autopilot "taking 1 active memory place") but different people's minds work differently.... After all different people do different tasks and differentt brains focus on different things Some tasks are so common/ automatic for us that over the years the brain learns to chunk them together and use them subconsciously.... So we don't even notice..... But for me for example... I'm always underwhelmed... i always focus on everything.... In my surrounding and..... (it can be really annoying to over think everything and....) maybe that's a defect my brain's got Maybe it's a good evolutionary step forward that allows me to multitasking, idk... But no one's got the same exact brain... We are different people and just like medicine and... Complex tasks should be adjusted On a per person basis.... (u know in the past decade or so, only the rich could've ordered a special DNA test to determined which drugs have the best effect with disease/.... -today adjusted prescriptions get more and more common and it's clear in the medical community that not all people are the same and different people need different treatments and different doses-and that's something that can easily be tested by DNA) people are not the same... And i think that's something you really miss and should point out....

I don’t turn the radio down, I reach for the gps, then change the song and turn the volume up.

Is this for kids or something? It's obviously to help you concentrate

Im packing for a trip while listening and I feel like I've been @'d

To have less distraction. There, it should be three second long video. Come on Cheddar, you can do better.

So it seems my prefrontal cortex lacks stimulation

Humans and Windows 95/98 use Pre-emptive multitasking?

I have a degree in GIS. I don’t get lost. I make sure YOU don’t get lost.

But I don't.. what does it mean!?

I was multitasking and watching ig cooking videos while watching this video

"To put it simply : with less distraction your brain will start to function better". End of the video. No need for 6:30min.

So you can focus better. Really doesn't need a video.