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

Previous fossils show fish brains rattling around inside much bigger skulls, but the brain of Trawdenia planti fits snugly ...

Our brains are large compared with other animals, so it is tempting to assume there was an evolutionary advantage to them – ...

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

Although screens are ubiquitous in our lives, the health effects can be pronounced, even as researchers suggest "balance," ...

The big-idea explorers at Aperture dive into the alarming reality of modern brain rot to reveal why this cultural phenomenon ...

TALLINN, Estonia—An entire country just gave all of its 10th and 11th graders their own ChatGPT accounts to use for school. No one knows how the experiment will turn out. This Baltic nation of 1.3 ...

A TikTok scroll at 3 a.m. A surrealist AI crocodile in a bomber jacket narrates absurd Italian-accented nonsense about existential dread. It cuts to dancing potatoes declaring war on productivity. The ...

A new study found that taking a two-week break from smartphone internet use improved focus, sleep, mood, and anxiety levels surprisingly fast. Researchers said the improvement in attention span was ...

Recent academic studies define brain rot as a state of reduced cognitive performance, poor concentration and mental fatigue caused by overconsuming low-quality, short-form digital content like TikTok, ...

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