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It’s what happens when you consume too much low-quality online content, which is like junk food for the brain,” Dr. Andreana ...
The last time you watched your favorite television show, did you pay attention all the way through? Or did you pick up your phone to scroll Instagram or check for missed notifications? This is "brain ...
It’s a Sunday night, and I have one essay, a quiz, three discussion posts and over 60 pages to read before Monday morning. ...
Doctors explain how consuming digital ‘junk food’ on social media can affect brain development and whether ‘brain rot’ is real.
Doomscrolling. Instagram obsessions. Mindless YouTube video viewing. Distracting behaviors, yes. But can they actually rot a person's brain? Last year, Oxford University Press designated "brain rot" ...
Something is happening to this generation, and it’s hard to ignore. Teenagers scroll for hours without blinking, eyes locked ...
Last year, Oxford University Press designated "brain rot" as its word of the year, defining it as the "supposed deterioration of a person's mental or intellectual state" caused by overconsuming ...
Last year, Oxford University Press designated "brain rot" as its word of the year, defining it as the "supposed deterioration of a person's mental or intellectual state" caused by overconsuming ...
Some of the evidence suggests that the internet is shrinking our grey matter shortening attention spans weakening memory and distorting our cognitive processes But can these modern habits actually tri ...
With information-generating technologies advancing at unprecedented speed, the onus is on teachers as well as students to ...
He's technically known as a steeplejack, a term derived from the steeples on which many of its first practitioners worked. The word dates to at least the 1880s, according to the Oxford English ...
Are we in a "brain rot" crisis? Local experts outline how quick hits of dopamine from social media can negatively impact our well-being.