Academic burnout in the TikTok era: a battle between pleasure and concentration

(1) There is a significant positive correlation between the TikTok brain and declined attention; (2) The TikTok brain is also significantly positively correlated with learning burnout; (3) Declined attention plays an effective mediating role between the TikTok brain and learning burnout. This study concludes that the immediate satisfaction cognitive model formed by short-video excessive usage will further intensify students' learning burnout through consuming their attention resources. This also provides an insight into educational practice. In the educational scenario, paying attention to guiding and intervening in students' digital usage habits to help them cultivate and maintain a sustainable learning state is necessary.