Do our phones really rot our brains? Here s what the science says

Get the Full StoryDoomscrolling feels bad, but here s how it s actually affecting our brains and our attention spans.

Is doomscrolling on your phone unhealthy for your brain? Oxford University Press s word of the year, brain rot, seems to suggest so. It defines the condition as the 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.

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