Brain-to-LLM participants showed higher neural connectivity than the LLM group's sessions 1-3, with a network-wide spike in alpha, beta, theta, and delta band directed connectivity¶

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q2 i? Rewriting an essay with AI tools after prior AI-free writing engaged more extensive brain network interactions than LLM-group sessions 1-3. → Nataliya Kosmyna 2025

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Nataliya Kosmyna 2025¶

Nataliya Kosmyna, Eugene Hauptmann, Ye Tong Yuan, Jessica Situ, Xian-Hao Liao, Ashly Vivian Beresnitzky, Iris Braunstein, Pattie Maes. (2025). Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task. Preprint, under review. https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2506.08872

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Session 4 EEG comparison reported in the Summary of Results section: Brain-to-LLM connectivity exceeded the LLM group's sessions 1-3, described as a "network‑wide spike in alpha-, beta‑, theta‑, and delta-band directed connectivity". No effect sizes are printed for this contrast.

"Brain-to-LLM participants showed higher neural connectivity than LLM Group's sessions 1, 2, 3 (network‑wide spike in alpha-, beta‑, theta‑, and delta-band directed connectivity)."

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