Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task
https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/
#chatgpt #llms #cognition #ai #llm #psychology #Brain #education #highered #research #Writing

CRC 1718 is hiring! It's a diverse research center focused broadly on common ground in #linguistics (variation, unification, and testing). The three main areas of research are #Cognition, #Grammar, and #Communication. Great benefits, no teaching.

2 Postdocs (TV-L E13, 100%)
13 PhDs (TV-L E13, 75%)
Deadlines: now! Next Sunday to mid August 2025
Uni Tübingen
https://tinyurl.com/ptx2e8a7

Frontier Research at Michael Levin’s Biology Lab
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/07/09/the-frontier-research-at-michael-levins-biology-lab/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Levin_(biologist)

A revolution in biology
https://www.bitsofwonder.co/p/a-revolution-in-biology
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40626332

Centaur: A Controversial Leap Towards Simulating Human Cognition

https://insidescientific.com/centaur-a-controversial-leap-towards-simulating-human-cognition/

How is #GenerativeAI changing the way we think? Explore the impact on creativity, critical thinking, and decision-making. #AI #cognition
Read more: https://ndpost.org/tech/the-impact-of-generative-ai-on-human-cognition/

[Science] Researchers claim their AI model simulates the human mind. Others are skeptical
https://www.science.org/content/article/researchers-claim-their-ai-model-simulates-human-mind-others-are-skeptical

[Nature] A foundation model to predict and capture human cognition
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09215-4

A mouse study finds that electrical activity in brain synapses leads to metabolism of triglycerides in the synapses to support brain energetics. Blocking this lipid metabolism leads to torpor.

Summary: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-triglycerides-play-important-role-brain.html

Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42255-025-01321-x

Gizmodo: Multiple Studies Now Suggest That AI Will Make Us Morons. “For the second time in two weeks, a study has been published that suggests that people who use AI regularly may display significantly less cognitive ability than those who don’t rely on it. The studies have bolstered critics’ accusations that AI makes you stupid.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/30/gizmodo-multiple-studies-now-suggest-that-ai-will-make-us-morons/

https://www.europesays.com/us/24683/ Do AI systems need bodies for true intelligence #AdaptiveIntelligence #ai #AIAndRobotics #AIEthics #AIEvolution #AISystems #ArtificialIntelligence #AutonomousPhysicalIntelligence #cognition #EmbodiedCognition #GeneralIntelligence #MachineLearning #NonlinearFeedback #roboticists #SoftRobotics #SoftRobots #Technology #UnitedStates #UnitedStates #US

New paper with Aida Gómez-Robles: “Why did the human brain size evolve: a way forward”. We propose that this seemingly unanswerable question can be tackled with simulation-based inference. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2024.0114

#brain #evolution #evodevo #math #maths #spandrel #cognition

We also discuss how this approach finds that the human brain size may surprisingly be a “spandrel” (byproduct), and empirical evidence supporting this.

The paper also discusses how our understanding of evolution by selection is affected by an explicit consideration of development.

Many thanks to Elli Leadbeater and Alex Thornton for putting together the special issue that the paper is part of. Very much looking forward to diving into the other papers!

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/2025/380/1929

Today I had the pleasure and honor to present some of my ongoing work at #ICPLA2025 in Patras, Greece. I'd like to thank my PhD supervisor @LoevenbruckLN for her support, not only in the intellectual elaboration of this work but also throughout the exhausting, nerve-wracking organization of this trip (my fellow French researchers know what I'm talking about)...
#psycholinguistics #SpeechPathology #IntellectualDisability #cognition

Looks really good: comparing #infant-directed #communication across #greatapes with humans. This identifies a very significant evolutionary shift.

#anthropology #evolution #cognition #vocalcommunication

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt7718

The Mind of a Bee: An Exploration of the Intelligence of Bees. A talk with bee researcher Lars Chittka (via himself on ): https://biologicalrecording.co.uk/2025/02/18/mind-of-a-bee/ "He shows that they are profoundly smart, have distinct personalities, can recognize flowers and human faces, exhibit basic emotions, count, use simple tools, solve problems, and learn by observing others. They may even possess consciousness."

404 Media: ChatGPT May Be Linked to ‘Cognitive Debt,’ New Study Finds. “ChatGPT may hinder creativity and learning skills in students who use it to write essays, relative to those who didn’t, according to an exhaustive new preprint study posted on arXiv. This research has yet not been peer-reviewed, and has a relatively small sample size of 54 subjects, but it still contributes to rising […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/22/404-media-chatgpt-may-be-linked-to-cognitive-debt-new-study-finds/

PsyPost: Too much ChatGPT? Study ties AI reliance to lower grades and motivation. “A study published in the journal Education and Information Technologies finds that students who are more conscientious tend to use generative AI tools like ChatGPT less frequently, and that using such tools for academic tasks is associated with lower self-efficacy, worse academic performance, and greater […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/21/psypost-too-much-chatgpt-study-ties-ai-reliance-to-lower-grades-and-motivation/

Formal study on how over reliance on LLMs is harmful for cognitive abilities for students.

> ""Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. These results raise concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance and underscore the need for deeper inquiry into AI's role in learning.""

https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/

"Artificial intelligence is already killing off important parts of the human experience. But one of its most consequential murders—so far—is the demise of a longstanding rite of passage for students worldwide: an attempt to synthesize complex information and condense it into compelling analytical prose."

~ Brian Klaas

#AI #ArtificalIntelligence #education #cognition
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https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-death-of-the-student-essayand

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: AI Rethought: RPI Researchers Propose a More Effective, Human-Like Approach. “As AI models grow ever larger, so do their costs and limitations. Researchers at RPI and City University of Hong Kong offer a potential solution: instead of expanding outward with more layers and data, they propose building upward — adding internal structure that mirrors a 3D […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/17/ai-rethought-rpi-researchers-propose-a-more-effective-human-like-approach-rpi/