With information-generating technologies advancing at unprecedented speed, the onus is on teachers as well as students to ...

It’s what happens when you consume too much low-quality online content, which is like junk food for the brain,” Dr. Andreana ...

A new study says that ChatGPT erodes critical thinking capabilities. It doesn’t have to be that way. Used properly, AI might ...

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. ...

Instead, it's a dainty ballerina with a giant coffee mug for a head, a character from a popular TikTok meme in the category of AI-generated "Italian brain rot." People also use the term "brain rot" to ...

Doomscrolling. Instagram obsessions. Mindless YouTube video viewing. Last year, Oxford University Press designated "brain rot" as its word of the year, defining it as the "supposed deterioration of a ...

Meet Ballerina Cappuccina and the Italian brain rot crew, an absurd group of A.I.-generated characters that are flooding TikTok. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta The first thing you need to know about ...

Oxford University Press reported use of “brain rot” surged by 230% this year compared to last year. The selection process combined a public vote with language analysis by Oxford lexicographers.

LONDON — Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year. Oxford University Press said Monday that the evocative phrase “gained ...

All that time you spend online can harm your cognitive health and make it harder to pay attention, concentrate, and learn, experts say. “Brain rot” has been named Oxford’s 2024 Word of the ...