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From Fox News: Oxford University Press has chosen “brain rot” as its word of the year.
The word is defined as “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as a result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging. Also: something characterized as likely to lead to such deterioration.”
Some experts believe that constant, endless scrolling of social media and other online content is doing exactly that – rotting our brains.
Behavioral neuroscientist Dr. Kyra Bobinet, author of “Unstoppable Brain,” told Fox News Digital that there is a growing awareness of brain rot and its consequences.
In a must-see interview, Bobinet explained how too much time online causes difficulty with attention span, brain fog, inability to do “deep work,” inability to build relationships, and loneliness.
She described a certain part of the brain called the habenula, that involves decision-making and motivation.
“It’s the heart of when you know you should be doing something, and you do this other thing instead, like ‘doom-scrolling,'” she explained, noting that this is where the addiction starts, when people just can’t break away, even though they know they should.
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