AI & Academic Performance
Articles on how AI tools impact academic performance, including homework completion, exam outcomes, learning retention, and the cognitive trade-offs between assistance and independent skill development.
AI in Psychology: How Testosterone Shapes Emotional Sensitivity in Young Girls Before Physical Puberty Starts
A pioneering study highlights how early testosterone shifts—rather than estrogen or outward physical maturity—govern emotional sensitivity, anxiety, and social feedback processing in preteen girls.
The Hum Beneath Your Skin: How Infrasound Hijacks Ear Support Cells and Makes Some People Feel in Their Bones
A new study reveals infrasound bypasses standard auditory hair cells and instead hijacks cochlear support cells to generate electric fields that trigger unique, non-linear nerve signals—explaining why some people feel an inescapable hum while others sense nothing at all.
Maintaining Academic Integrity as a Competitive Advantage in an AI-Driven World
Explores how universities prioritizing academic rigor amidst the rise of generative AI may achieve superior long-term market valuation for their degrees.
What AI in Psychology Reveals About College Tour Decisions
A science-backed guide for parents on balancing involvement and autonomy during college visits — using psychological principles to foster independent decision-making in students.
The Humanizer Paradox: When AI-Powered Polish Masks Research Subtlety
A critical look at the rise of 'AI humanizing' tools in academia and their impact on research integrity.
The Word That Torments Us: How One Patient Overcame Frustration by Changing "Should"
A neurologist's patient story reveals how the word "should" creates an expectation-reality gap that fuels suffering. Drawing on Buddhist and Stoic wisdom, the article shows how small linguistic shifts can help patients like Henry find meaning despite Parkinson's disease.
Mental Illness and Brain Evolution: The Uncomfortable Price of Smart Brains
Does our big brain come with a hidden evolutionary tax—genes linked to schizophrenia and autism? New comparative genomics shows humans aren’t alone, and dolphins tell a surprising story.
Beyond the Algorithm: Assessing the Role of AI in Mental Healthcare
A critical assessment of the role of AI in mental health, weighing the convenience of chatbots against the indispensable depth of human clinical care.
Brown’s AI Midterm Collapse: When Students Stopped Thinking and Started Asking ChatGPT
After an economics professor's take-home midterm saw a 96% average that collapsed to 48.6% on the proctored final, Brown's faculty and students are sounding alarms about generative AI eroding cognitive skills — prompting a sweeping university committee report.
Agency First: A Framework for Human Wellness in the Age of Algorithms
A new wellness framework—holistic hybrid health—argues that true well-being begins with inner awareness (aspirations, emotions, bodily signals) and is shaped from the outside in by technology, environment, and institutions. The piece introduces 'double literacy' (human + algorithmic), treats agency as a public-health priority, and links personal wellness to planetary health.
Tragedy Denied: A Parent’s Journey From Fear to Disability Pride—What Barriers Really Block and Who We All Lose Without Belonging
After a therapist labeled her daughter’s cerebral palsy diagnosis “tragic,” the author discovered that the real barrier wasn’t physical limitation, but society’s refusal to remove barriers and embrace difference. Drawing on Disability Pride Month, ADA 36th anniversary milestones, and stories from activists with disabilities—including her co-founder role in the Bold Beauty Project—the article redefines independence as dignity, challenges the medical model, and argues that belonging is a human right.
C-BRAIN: Open-Source AI Scientist Accelerating Alzheimer's Drug Discovery
The Consortium for Biomedical Research and Artificial Intelligence in Neurodegeneration (C-BRAIN) launches three open-source AI tools to address the 99% failure rate of Alzheimer's drug candidates, using federated architecture and dark data analysis to accelerate neurodegenerative disease research.