Inattention blindness, it turns out, affects more than distracted drivers. According to new research from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, the number of pedestrians struck and seriously injured by cars or trains while wearing headphones has skyrocketed in recent years. Teenagers and young men especially are at risk of serious injury by walking while wearing headphones.

"Whenever you’re running or walking around [while] listening to music, you’re allocating some of your brain to listen to that music," said lead author Richard Lichenstein, M.D., in a video about the study results. "You really can’t do both of those things at 100 percent."

Pedestrians listening to music may be unable to hear a honking car or a train

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