Using ChatGPT to write? MIT study says there's a cognitive cost

The 'Your Brain on ChatGPT' study will make you consider the consequences

Posted Monday, June 23, 2025 9:49 am

Cecily Mauran | Mashable

Relying on ChatGPT significantly affects critical thinking abilities, according to a new study.

Researchers from MIT Media Lab, Wellesley College and Massachusetts College of Art and Design conducted a four-month study titled “Your Brain on ChatGPT” and found users of large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI's chatbot “consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels.”

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Using ChatGPT to write? MIT study says there's a cognitive cost

The 'Your Brain on ChatGPT' study will make you consider the consequences

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