Dr. Heitmayer is an assistant professor at Rowan University who studies technology distraction, attention economics and digital culture. Every decade or so, adults discover that young people are ...

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 ...

The conversation on brain health has been growing in recent years, and 2024 was no exception. This year brought significant highlights, including increased investment in brain capital (also known as ...

You grab your phone and in that first swipe, you see someone traveling the world. Why aren’t you on vacation? Swipe again, and someone is living off the grid. Wow, shouldn’t you get rid of your laptop ...

Each year, Oxford University Press—the publisher behind the esteemed Oxford English Dictionary—chooses a word or phrase from the national discourse to be its Word of the Year. For 2024, their ...

In a world where our growing dependence on digital devices and social media is increasingly under fire, the term "brain rot"—the idea that endless scrolling of low-value content negatively impacts our ...

There’s a name for that feeling you get after spending too long scrolling aimlessly, and Oxford University Press (OUP) has chosen it as its word for the year for 2024. “Brain rot” took the title in a ...

Can you imagine a world where you walk into a classroom and greet your students only to quickly realize that you can’t understand half the words they are saying? I’ve seen this play out in my own ...