On August 2, Digital Toxicity Awareness Day will examine known biological changes linked to “brain rot”—live on YouTube ...

Have you ever spent two hours on TikTok? Made several in-app purchases on Candy Crush while watching “The Office” for the sixteenth time? Lost yourself completely in the Instagram story of someone you ...

There’s a name for that feeling you get after spending too long scrolling aimlessly, and Oxford University Press (OUP) has chosen it as its word for the year for 2024. “Brain rot” took the title in a ...

Brain Rot is a popular internet term used by Gen Z and Gen Alpha to describe mental fatigue, reduced attention span and ...

Emma Lembke joined Instagram at age 12. Soon, she found herself “scrolling mindlessly for hours, addicted to gaining a certain number of likes, a certain number of comments.” She often wanted to stop ...

You grab your phone and in that first swipe, you see someone traveling the world. Why aren’t you on vacation? Swipe again, and someone is living off the grid. Wow, shouldn’t you get rid of your laptop ...

The term "brain rot" refers to how low-quality internet content may slow your brain function. It's usually tied to watching specific types of content, usually nonsensical, embarrassing, or weird. But ...

The conversation on brain health has been growing in recent years, and 2024 was no exception. This year brought significant highlights, including increased investment in brain capital (also known as ...

In case you missed it, the 2024 word was “brain rot.” Since 2004, the Oxford English Dictionary has chosen a “word of the year.” This word conveys a summary point of that particular span of time. It ...