The Dean’s List

The Dean’s List


Your brain on ChatGPT: Four detrimental effects of AI

August 07, 2025

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – The AI users showed significantly decreased neural engagement. Those students who were writing based solely on their knowledge and reasoning skills generated nearly “double the amount of connections in the alpha frequency band,” compared to the ChatGPT group. Alpha brain waves are “associated with focused attention and creativity.”