Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task – MIT Media Lab
A post on media.mit.edu is cited by 96 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 15 October 2026).
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96blogs citing
| Period | Blogs | Links |
|---|---|---|
| All time | 96 | 113 |
| Last 90 days | 20 | 21 |
| Last 30 days | 10 | 10 |
| Last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First cited | 16 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|
| Latest citation | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Words blogs link it with | 5 |
| External links | 0 |
| Length | 319 |
0 this week (still settling) · peak 5
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| 28 Sept 2026 | 3 (still settling) |
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Shape: slow burn. Half of its 94 citing blogs had cited it after 251 days; 23% first cited it more than a year on.
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Who cited it
BetaCited by 96 blogs across 8 subjects: technology 49, life 10, books and writing 5, business and economics 4, arts and culture 2, design and making 2, society and politics 2, science 1, unclassified 21.
- Technology49
- Life10
- Books and writing5
- Business and economics4
- Arts and culture2
- Design and making2
- Other subjects3
- Unclassified21
Words blogs link it with
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- your brain on chatgpt9 blogs
- your brain on chatgpt: accumulation of cognitive debt when using an ai assistant for essay writing task7 blogs
- cognitive debt6 blogs
- mit media lab4 blogs
- traction3 blogs
Cited by 96 blogs in 113 posts
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linked as “cognitive debt”
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Read at danieldrezner.substack.com (opens in a new tab)linked as “study by MIT”
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Read at newsletter.techworld-with-milan.com (opens in a new tab)linked as “Your Brain on Chat GPT”
Read at patchworkpaladin.com (opens in a new tab)linked as “MIT Media Lab points out some of the issues using AI to write essays”
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Read at proofsandprompts.com (opens in a new tab)linked as “reducing our brain activity when used to think for us”
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Read at authorsalliance.org (opens in a new tab)linked as “une très épaisse étude du MIT”
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