Dr. Bobinet also connects brain rot to increasing loneliness, a phenomenon fueled by digital disconnection. “ People feel foggy, less concentrated, and unable to build meaningful relationships ...

Research has shown that smartphone addiction causes major increases in brain activity, requiring the brain to work harder to complete simple tasks.

Read more: Millennials and Gen-Zs more likely to quit work over mental health concerns This mind-numbing state is commonly known as brain rot, which Oxford University Press named as its word of ...

It’s official. “Brain rot” is the Oxford dictionary’s word of the year. Many of us have felt that fuzzy feeling before, usually brought on by a digital overload. Oxford University Press ...

The term "brain rot" is having its moment in the sun. First written down by Henry David Thoreau in 1854, brain rot became the Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year in 2024. While this isn’t a ...

As gaming worlds expand, the debate persists about the influence of video games on mental health and whether they can “rot” ...

The first recorded use of ‘brain rot’ was found in 1854 in Henry David Thoreau’s book Walden, according to Oxford University Press. “While England endeavours to cure the potato rot ...

The expression “brain rot“ was chosen as Word of the Year by over 37,000 people from a list of six words proposed by Oxford University Press, after two weeks of voting.