My co-author, Anna Götzfried, and I recently published a study interviewing Gen Z-ers aged 13 to 26 about how they experience ...

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 ...

This strange, almost absurdist form of content has become known as brain rot. Merriam-Webster defines this phenomenon as ...

Brain rot and dopamine junkie are internet slang terms often used on social media to describe a state where the brain has ...

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, ...

In 2025, Yale researchers surveyed people about their cognitive function and found something troubling. Almost ten percent of those aged 18 to 34 reported some kind of cognitive disability, nearly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: @joel_cave / @joshlunchbox / @heidsbecker via TikTok (Credit: @joel_cave / @joshlunchbox / @heidsbecker via TikTok) People ...

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 ...

The phrase “brain rot” has become increasingly common in discussions about internet culture, particularly among Gen Z 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 ...

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