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Doomscrolling. Instagram obsessions. Mindless YouTube video viewing. Distracting behaviors, yes. But can they actually rot a person's brain? Last year, Oxford University Press designated "brain ...

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Brain rot, a tongue-in-cheek term to describe spending too much time online viewing intentionally nonsensical memes, has not been well studied.

Still, for some people, the knowledge that these audios were part of the roots of Italian brain rot makes the entire phenomenon feel rotten. Are all the Italian-brain-rot characters Italian?

Is the overconsumption of "trivial or unchallenging" content online or on social media platforms causing our brains to deteriorate?

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The real science of brain rot 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.

‘Brain rot’ was also declared Oxford’s Word of the Year in 2024. Here's how to know if you're experiencing it, and the many ways to counter it.