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Emerging research suggests overusing digital devices can be harmful, especially to mental health. But does being overly online truly rot our brains?

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 ...

So with digital habits eroding our ability to concentrate, there's a new trend here to combat it: “attention-span-maxxing.” ...

Oxford University Press has chosen “brain rot” as its word of the year. The word is defined as “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as a result of ...

Dr. Erica Lee, a child psychologist at Boston Children's Hospital, said brain rot can be considered unhealthy when it starts ...

From its humble beginnings as YouTube content like skibidi toilet to the more exotic Italian iterations exemplified by TikTok’s Ballerina Cappuccina and Tralalero Tralala, brain rot has entered the ...

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After weeks of deliberation and more than 37,000 votes worldwide, the Oxford English Dictionary has announced a Generation Alpha slang term is its 2024 word of the year, "brain rot." Here's an ...

Dec. 2 (UPI) --It's 2024, so even if you haven't yet heard about the new Word of the Year, chances are you probably have experienced it. Brain rot. On Monday, Oxford University Press -- the publishing ...