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People's brains aged faster during the Covid pandemic – even the uninfected
- zero_shift 1y agoLockdowns, whilst necessary, were presumably bad for our brains on several fronts: - they reduced social stimulation - they increased repetitive behaviour - layoffs and furloughs led to isolation In addition there was a lot of screen time across all demographics. My uninformed opinion is that the repetitive and confirmatory nature of digital entertainment makes it a kind of cognitive "junk food" There's also "anecdata" about COVID kids and even pets that have had challenges catching up with a post-lockdown world. I don't know how clear the evidence is, though.
- abstractspoon 1y agoAs a ADHD/cPTSD sufferer COVID was an absolute life saver. Don't know how else I would have survived this long. Would gladly trade years of my life for that