How does the brain “zone out” and we ignore everything around us and think about absolutely nothing?

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How does the brain “zone out” and we ignore everything around us and think about absolutely nothing?

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In short from how I understand it.

Your brain has a filter. Its taking in data all the time but you’re only aware of the important stuff.

Mundane tasks like driving to work everyday, ever get to work and not remember how you did? Well, your brain filtered it out because it’s not new or important.

So zoning out is more like filtering out the unnecessary

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