Dr. Heitmayer is an assistant professor at Rowan University who studies technology distraction, attention economics and digital culture. Every decade or so, adults discover that young people are ...

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, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What Is Brain Rot—and Can It Really Impact Your Brain With Age? ‘Brain Rot’ Isn’t Just Gen Alpha Slang—Experts Warn It Can Affect ...

Brain rot and dopamine junkie are internet slang terms often used on social media to describe a state where the brain has become accustomed to immediate stimulation, such as short-form videos, gacha ...

Do you suffer from brain rot? Is scrolling on your phone for hours at a time the only thing that brings you joy? Well, it might not make you feel better, but it may make you feel less alone to know ...

There’s a word for the feeling you get after endlessly scrolling on social media — and Oxford chose it as their word of the year. Oxford University Press (OUP) has named “brain rot” as the Oxford Word ...

Online brain rot leaves us feeling sad and scattered and yet we often struggle to resist it. A new study explains why. In 2025, Yale researchers surveyed people about their cognitive function and ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Every decade or so, adults discover that young people are consuming media that corrupts their minds — and a moral panic ensues. Comic books were going to produce a generation of delinquents.