Online brain rot leaves us feeling sad and scattered and yet we often struggle to resist it. A new study explains why.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While not a clinical diagnosis, the term 'brain rot' captures the burnt out feeling that follows an online scrolling session If ...

Scrolling and scrolling…and scrolling is rotting your brain. That’s what the experts say, at least. Oxford University Press chose “brain rot” as its word of the year, and it’s a perfect fit, ...

“Brain rot” is the perfect term for the post-Thanksgiving, pre-Christmas mental state I’m currently in—it’s also Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year. “Our experts noticed that ‘brain rot’ gained new ...

Capping off a year that proved, without a shadow of a doubt, that non-A.V. Club readers are spending too much time ingesting the worst shit imaginable online, the Oxford University Press has named ...

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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 ...

Oxford University Press just announced its always-anticipated word of the year. No, it's not some pretentious jargon only uttered by the world's top thinkers. It's a trendy expression that won't ...