The Neuroscience of Road Rage

Why do calm, reasonable people sometimes become furious behind the wheel? In this episode, Jeremy Pollack explores the neuroscience of road rage and explains why driving creates the perfect conditions for our brain's threat response to take over. Learn how biases like hostile attribution bias and the fundamental attribution error cause us to interpret other drivers' actions as personal attacks, why stress makes these reactions even more likely, and how nervous system regulation can help inter...