Brain Rot is a popular internet term used by Gen Z and Gen Alpha to describe mental fatigue, reduced attention span and ...

Plus, tips on how to stop the scroll.

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

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

You pick up your phone for a minute. One swipe leads to a travel video, then a man who quit his job to grow his own food, then a tech CEO telling you AI is changing everything and you are probably ...

A growing body of research is linking watching short videos like those on TikTok or Instagram to weaker cognition and increased anxiety. Mental health counselor Jackie Ivey, clinical director at ...

It starts the moment you wake up. One swipe and you’re watching someone backpack across Southeast Asia. Another and you’re deep in a thread about living off the grid. One more and a tech CEO is ...

If you don’t know the term “brain rot” by now, congratulations! You probably don’t have it. It’s slang to describe the idea that being “very online” is harming our brains. It also describes the ...

The Jennifer Aniston neuron refers to a theory of brain formation, positing there are certain neurons which respond to anything vaguely related to one concept, like Jennifer Aniston. If this theory ...

Short-form video is dominant on social media, and so many of us are constantly scrolling as our algorithm feeds us entertaining clips. So is it causing “brain rot?” This internet slang term has been ...

You grab your phone and in that first swipe, you see someone traveling the world. Why aren’t you on vacation? Swipe again, and someone is living off the grid. Wow, shouldn’t you get rid of your laptop ...