A recent study shows that people using AI to write for them experience some negative cognitive effects. Why? Because there’s something special about what writing does in your brain.
Guests
Nataliya Kos-Myna, research scientist with the MIT Media Lab. Lead researcher on “Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task.“
Barry Gordon, director of the cognitive neurology/neuropsychology division at Johns Hopkins University.
Also Featured
Audrey van der Meer, professor in the department of psychology at Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
This program aired on August 11, 2025.