What happens inside your head when you lean on ChatGPT to write your essay? MIT just put 54 students in EEG headsets and the numbers are wild:
55% drop in brain-to-brain connectivity (alpha & beta bands) for AI users
83% of those same students couldn’t recall their own essays in a pop quiz
Only 11% of “brain-only” writers forgot their work
Scientists call it “cognitive debt”—your brain checks out when the bot takes over.
In this video, we break down:
0:00 Intro & why this study matters
1:12 How the experiment was set up (ChatGPT vs Google vs No Tech)
2:45 The EEG findings in plain English
4:15 Memory test results (prepare to be shocked)
5:40 What “cognitive debt” really means
7:05 Can we use AI without hurting our brains? Practical tips
9:00 Bottom line + next steps for students and workers
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