There's one topic that's been in the news lately, and it could be the reason you've been foggy-headed or confused. Find out what brain rot is and how to avoid it.

Even if it hasn’t infected your “For You” page yet, the latest iteration of Italian brain rot has been around for roughly ...

Last year, Oxford University Press designated "brain rot" as its word of the year, defining it as the "supposed deterioration ...

Blame cell death and fungi for brain decay, not TikTok. TikTok won't really make your brain rot. That doesn't happen until after death. While most brains rot quickly, researchers have found a ...

If you’re busy picking outfits that will SLAP for BRAT summer, or thinking of ways to make it “very demure, very mindful” — you're probably experiencing brain rot, due to the ...

The first thing you need to know about Italian brain rot is that it isn’t strictly Italian. The second thing you need to know is that any discussion of what it means will most likely make you ...

Meet Ballerina Cappuccina and the Italian brain rot crew, an absurd group of A.I.-generated characters that are flooding TikTok. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta The first thing you need to know about ...

Why Trust Us? In 2024, “brain rot” was the Oxford word of the year. They defined it as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the ...

"Let's take school for example," Nelson said of how brain rot can manifest. "You're sitting in class and you're trying to focus. They're going to be looking around, not attending to what the ...

‘Brain rot’—the 2024 Oxford Word of the Year—describes the potential mental decline caused by spending way too many hours on your phone or computer. If you’ve ever surfaced from an hours ...

Canadian researcher Masoud Kianpour warns that online brain rot is undermining peoples’ storytelling skills. The Toronto Metropolitan University Senior Research Fellow observed that more folks ...