Brain rot

Categories: Inceldom and health

'''Brain rot''' is an expression used in the [[incel community]] to designate the belief that someone's intellectual capacities have decreased over time due to either lack of human interactions or of stimuli or of both.
== Possible reasons for brain rot ==
=== Lack of social interaction ===
A study has found that: "Loneliness was significantly associated with lower scores in the composite cognitive score, immediate and delayed recall, verbal fluency, and backward digit span [...] and with a more rapid decline from baseline to follow-up in two out of six cognitive tests. Higher social isolation was associated with lower scores in the composite cognitive score, verbal fluency, and forward digit span [...]. The effect of loneliness and social isolation on cognition remained significant after the exclusion of individuals with depression."<ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/gps.5174 Are loneliness and social isolation associated with cognitive decline?]</ref>
=== Depression ===
{{See also|[[Tfw no gf]], [[Hormones of happiness]], [[Motivation and demotivation]], and [[Fake depression]]}}
Depressions is associated with lower intellectual processing speed.<ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/6945942_The_WAIS-III_and_major_depression_absence_of_VIQPIQ_differences The WAIS-III and major depression: absence of VIQ/PIQ differences]</ref>
It is well researched that depression "is associated with learning deficits".<ref>[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1572949/ Effects of Major Depression on Estimates of Intelligence]</ref>

Cognitive impairment is associated with major depression ("pseudodementia").<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6520478/ Cognitive impairment in depression: recent advances and novel treatments]</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Adverse effects of inceldom]]
*[[Hormones of happiness]]
== References ==
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