Our Minds May Be Wandering More During The Pandemic, And That's A Good Thing

1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auGizmodo Internationalhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/gizmodointernational/Our Minds May Be Wandering More During The Pandemic, And That's A Good Thingrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="1iLwy6eAZ4"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2020/10/our-minds-may-be-wandering-more-during-the-pandemic-and-thats-a-good-thing/">Our Minds May Be Wandering More During The Pandemic, And That’s A Good Thing</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2020/10/our-minds-may-be-wandering-more-during-the-pandemic-and-thats-a-good-thing/embed/#?secret=1iLwy6eAZ4" width="600" height="338" title="“Our Minds May Be Wandering More During The Pandemic, And That’s A Good Thing” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="1iLwy6eAZ4" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/27/minds-wandering-pandemic.png?quality=75&w=600600310Many feel the coronavirus pandemic has changed not just our everyday lives, but also our inner mental lives. There has been talk of a mental health pandemic, but also of lockdown brain fog when we are awake, as well as reports of more frequent, vivid, and bizarre dreams when we are asleep. We tend to […]