"Last year, Oxford University Press actually named "brain rot" the "Oxford Word of the Year." They offer a more formal definition: "the supposed deterioration of a person's mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging. Also: something characterized as likely to lead to such deterioration.""
"But a new, peer-reviewed study in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (a top econ journal) suggests brain rot is very real. The economists Panle Jia Barwick, Siyu Chen, Chao Fu and Teng Li find that students who frequently use smartphone apps see much worse outcomes. This isn't just because frequent app users might be different types of people to infrequent app users."
A recurring roundup presents five recent economic research papers offering insights about the economy and the broader world. The phrase "brain rot" denotes an alleged deterioration of mental or intellectual state from overconsuming trivial online content. Oxford University Press named "brain rot" the Oxford Word of the Year and defined it as deterioration tied to overconsumption of material, especially online content considered trivial or unchallenging. A peer-reviewed study in The Quarterly Journal of Economics finds that students who frequently use smartphone apps experience much worse outcomes. The study leverages random roommate assignment to support a causal interpretation and names Panle Jia Barwick, Siyu Chen, Chao Fu, and Teng Li.
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