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, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. Neuroscientists tell us that “Brain Rot” is becoming a trend ...

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 ...

In case you missed it, the 2024 word was “brain rot.” Since 2004, the Oxford English Dictionary has chosen a “word of the year.” This word conveys a summary point of that particular span of time. It ...

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 ...

“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: ...

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 ...

The term was first seen in 1854 in Henry David Thoreau's book "Walden." Oxford University Press has officially dubbed "brain rot" its 2024 Word of the Year. Brain rot is defined as "the supposed ...

Can you imagine a world where you walk into a classroom and greet your students only to quickly realize that you can’t understand half the words they are saying? I’ve seen this play out in my own ...