Oxford University Press has chosen "brain rot" as its word of the year.

Some experts believe that constant, endless scrolling of social media and other online content is doing exactly that – rotting our brains.

A certain part of the brain, called the habenula, is responsible for getting stuck in endless scrolling.

This is how social media addictions can form as this part of the brain can make it "very painful" to stop scrolling.

This can result in a "dangerous" loss of motivation, a neuroscientist warned.

There isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution for avoiding brain rot. The key is learning what works best for the individual, which involves "tweaking and tinkering and adjusting as you go."

重要單字：

rot 腐敗

scroll 捲動

habenula 疆核

addiction 癮

motivation 動機

neuroscientist 神經科學家

one-size-fits-all 通用的、一體適用的

tweaking and tinkering 微調修補

原文網址：

https://www.foxnews.com/health/brain-rot-science-behind-too-much-scrolling-does-brains

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