Teens talk about their “brain rot” online. While there isn’t data to back it up, per se, experts do have concerns about the ...

Oxford crowned ‘brain rot’ as 2024’s word of the year. Here’s how to make it sparser in your vocabulary come 2025. The term “brain rot” has taken social media and cultural discourse by storm, ...

Ever spend a little too much time scrolling through social media or binge-watching shows and end up feeling…fuzzy? The phrase “brain rot” has exploded online, used to describe everything from too much ...

A.I. search tools, chatbots and social media are associated with lower cognitive performance, studies say. What to do? Credit...Derek Abella Supported by By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s ...

The University of Oxford defines the concept of "brain rot" as: "(n.) Supposed deterioration of a person's mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as a result of overconsumption of material ...

Have you ever felt like your brain isn't as sharp as it used to be? You may forget things, fail to concentrate, or feel as if ...

“Brain rot” is the official Word of the Year for 2024, according to the Oxford English Dictionary’s publisher, Oxford University Press. Here’s how that august chronicler of English defines the phrase: ...

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