SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Excessive consumption of content on social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram can lead to brain rot. Those are the findings of a recent study put forth by the American ...

Multiple US studies have now confirmed the negative side effects of consuming low-quality online content such as TikTok ...

A recent meta-analysis concerning short-form video, mental health, and attention spawned a lot of tech panic. Did critics ...

Click-bait and other attention-grabbing online content can cause brain rot in large language models, a new study finds. Brain rot isn’t just for humans anymore. The thoroughly modern affliction also ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you are parenting in 2025 and your kid owns a device, you might recognize this real-life convo as just ...

Doomscrolling has taken over our screen time, and neuroscience shows it’s harming the brain. But Gen Z is working to take back their brains—without abandoning the digital world entirely. Qi Lang, ...

AI models may be a bit like humans, after all. A new study from the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M, and Purdue University shows that large language models fed a diet of popular but ...

While that message has been spread on social media, researchers are just beginning to understand how the devices affect the mind Amber X. Chen - AAAS Mass Media Fellow Research on how smartphone use ...

If you’ve spent any time around kids lately, you’ve probably heard about “brain rot.” Named Oxford Word of the Year in 2024, it’s defined as the “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or ...

The term "brain rot" refers to how low-quality internet content may slow your brain function. It's usually tied to watching specific types of content, usually nonsensical, embarrassing, or weird. But ...