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Emma Lembke joined Instagram at age 12. Soon, she found herself “scrolling mindlessly for hours, addicted to gaining a certain number of likes, a certain number of comments.” She often wanted to stop ...

Brain Rot is a popular internet term used by Gen Z and Gen Alpha to describe mental fatigue, reduced attention span and ...

A growing body of research is linking watching short videos like those on TikTok or Instagram to weaker cognition and increased anxiety. Mental health counselor Jackie Ivey, clinical director at ...

A few months ago, I was scrolling through TikTok when I came across a video that stopped me in my tracks. It starred an animated frog, dressed in a wizard hat, robe, and pink nail polish, superimposed ...

This is the seventh installment in a series of articles about the science of various aspects of college life. In a matter of weeks, “6 7” has transformed from two sequential numbers to a phrase so ...

AI-generated “brain rot” videos are popping up all over the internet and getting a lot of attention. Currently gaining traction among younger users, these clips feature wild characters, like a shark ...