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David Mouriquand

TikTok scrolling can cause 'brain rot' according to new American Psychological Association study

Last year, ‘brain rot’ was crowned Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year, a term which captured concerns about the impact of consuming “excessive amounts of low-quality online content, especially on social media.”

Now, recent findings from the American Psychological Association confirm that brain rot is not only real and more than a memed side-effect: it’s a real neurocognitive syndrome that causes measurable damage.

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