WBFF- Baltimore — It is a slang term now garnishing respect for the health risks associated with it.

As the term brain rot is now entered into various reputable and distinguished world dictionaries yet the term stems from mainly scrolling online.

On a Monday edition of Fox45 Morning News Family Medicine Physician at GBMC Health partners primary Care-Hunt Manor, Dr. Andrew Buscemi joined the show to weigh in.

“What's happening is if you are on social media a lot what happens is that it stimulates parts of your brain,” said Buscemi. “ It's involved in a lot of different parts of what we do. it involves our motivation, it involves our personality and if you keep stimulating that part of your brain by looking at social media the part of your brain shuts down.”

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