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Brian Shannon Feb 3, 2024

Study reveals how unconscious bias leads us to neglect negative externalities of driving. You may call it ‘car brain,’ but this research team calls it ‘motonormativity.’
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https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/31/23579510/car-brain-motornormativity-study-ian-walker

Cars are rewiring our brains to ignore all the bad stuff about driving

A new study coins the term “motornormativity” to describe the unconscious biases people form around the societal ills and inequities of automobile driving.

The Verge