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Brain rot has become a shorthand for low-effort stimulation from endless scrolling - but is this constant digital overload actually shrinking your brain?

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Short-form video is dominant on social media, and so many of us are constantly scrolling as our algorithm feeds us entertaining clips. So is it causing “brain rot?” This internet slang term has been ...

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You grab your phone and in that first swipe, you see someone traveling the world. Why aren’t you on vacation? Swipe again, and someone is living off the grid. Wow, shouldn’t you get rid of your laptop ...

The mechanisms that keep you mindlessly scrolling may be similar to those behind addictions such as drug and alcohol use or gambling The mechanisms that keep you mindlessly scrolling may be similar to ...