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In a series of experiments described in Science Magazine in 2011, a trio of researchers found evidence to support a sneaking suspicion bubbling up in the minds of many Google aficionados: Frequent ...

An MIT study led by research scientist Nataliya Kosmyna shows heavy AI use reduces brain activity by up to 55 per cent during tasks.

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As large language models take over more and more cognitive tasks, researchers are warning this mental outsourcing comes with a cost.

A recent study published in Physical Review Letters reveals that many widely used signatures of criticality in brain data may be statistical artifacts. They propose a more robust framework that, when ...

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