In session 4, LLM-to-Brain participants showed weaker neural connectivity and under-engagement of alpha and beta networks, while Brain-to-LLM participants showed higher memory recall and re-engagement of occipito-parietal and prefrontal nodes¶
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q2 i? After three sessions of LLM use, writing without tools produced weaker neural connectivity and under-engagement of alpha and beta networks. → Nataliya Kosmyna 2025
q2 i? After prior AI-free writing, using the LLM produced higher memory recall and re-engagement of widespread occipito-parietal and prefrontal nodes. → 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 crossover of the four-session EEG study, in which 18 of the 54 participants were reassigned: LLM-to-Brain wrote without tools and Brain-to-LLM used the LLM. The article reports "under-engagement of alpha and beta networks" for LLM-to-Brain and higher memory recall for Brain-to-LLM; no effect sizes are printed.
"In session 4, LLM-to-Brain participants showed weaker neural connectivity and under-engagement of alpha and beta networks; and the Brain-to-LLM participants demonstrated higher memory recall, and re‑engagement of widespread occipito-parietal and prefrontal nodes"
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Related Claims¶
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In session 4, LLM-to-Brain participants showed weaker neural connectivity and under-engagement of alpha and beta networks, while Brain-to-LLM participants showed higher memory recall and re-engagement of occipito-parietal and prefrontal nodes |
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In session 4, LLM-to-Brain participants showed weaker neural connectivity and under-engagement of alpha and beta networks, while Brain-to-LLM participants showed higher memory recall and re-engagement of occipito-pari... |
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