Is doom scrolling really rotting our brains? The evidence is getting harder to ignore | Siân Boyle

‘Brain rot’ is the Oxford word of the year – a fitting choice, given the startling impact the internet is having on our grey matterIf you want to witness the last vestiges of human intellect swirling down the drain, hold your nose and type the words “skibidi toilet” into YouTube. The 11-second video features an animated human head protruding from a toilet bowl while singing the nonsensical lyrics “skibidi dop dop dop yes yes”. The clip has been viewed mo