Cognitive Hygiene Sources
Originally published for paying Patreon members on 2026-07-06. Republished here after a 90-day patron-first period.
If you want to see a chatGPT literature review of research into cognitive hygiene, it is here. Or you can view the literature yourself. Like LLM responses, these sources can be starting points for further search -- examine their bibliographies. Links to original sources of research reports listed below can be found in the lit review pdf.
Agarwal, D., Naaman, M., & Vashistha, A. (2025). AI suggestions homogenize writing
toward Western styles and diminish cultural nuances. CHI 2025. Source document.
Bastani, H., et al. (2025). Generative AI without guardrails can harm learning.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Source document.
Boussioux, L., Lane, J. N., Zhang, M., Jacimovic, V., & Lakhani, K. R. (2024). The
crowdless future? Generative AI and creative problem solving. Organization
Science. Source document.
Brynjolfsson, E., Li, D., & Raymond, L. R. (2025). Generative AI at work. The Quarterly
Journal of Economics, 140(2), 889-942. Source document.
Danry, V., et al. (2023). Don't just tell me, ask me: AI systems that intelligently frame
explanations as questions improve human logical discernment accuracy over causal
AI explanations. CHI 2023. Source document.
Danry, V., et al. (2024). Deceptive AI systems that give explanations are more
convincing than honest AI systems and can amplify belief in false information. arXiv
preprint. Source document.
Dell'Acqua, F., McFowland, E., Mollick, E. R., et al. (2026). Navigating the jagged
technological frontier: Field experimental evidence of the effects of AI on
knowledge worker productivity and quality. Organization Science. Source
document.
Doshi, A. R., & Hauser, O. P. (2024). Generative AI enhances individual creativity but
reduces the collective diversity of novel content. Science Advances. Source
document.
Drosos, I., et al. (2025). It makes you think: Provocations help restore critical thinking
to AI-assisted knowledge work. arXiv preprint. Source document.
Girotra, K., Meincke, L., Terwiesch, C., & Ulrich, K. T. (2023). Ideas are dimes a dozen:
Large language models for idea generation in innovation. SSRN working paper.
Source document.
Hwang, A. H.-C., et al. (2025). It was 80% me, 20% AI: Seeking authenticity in co-
writing with large language models. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer
Interaction. Source document.
Jakesch, M., Bhat, A., Buschek, D., Zalmanson, L., & Naaman, M. (2023). Co-writing
with opinionated language models affects users' views. CHI 2023. Source
document.
14Kestin, G., et al. (2025). AI tutoring outperforms in-class active learning. Scientific
Reports. Source document.
Klingbeil, A., Grutzner, L., & Schreck, P. (2024). Trust and reliance on AI - An
experimental study on the extent and costs of overreliance on AI. Computers in
Human Behavior, 160, 108352. Source document.
Kollock, P. (1998). Social dilemmas: The anatomy of cooperation. Annual Review of
Sociology, 24, 183-214. Source document.
Lee, H.-P., Sarkar, A., Tankelevitch, L., et al. (2025). The impact of generative AI on
critical thinking: Self-reported reductions in cognitive effort and confidence effects
from a survey of knowledge workers. CHI 2025. Source document.
Lee, M., Liang, P., & Yang, Q. (2022). CoAuthor: Designing a human-AI collaborative
writing dataset for exploring language model capabilities. CHI 2022. Source
document.
Moon, K., et al. (2025). Homogenizing effect of large language models on creative
diversity: An empirical comparison of human and ChatGPT writing. Source
document.
Noy, S., & Zhang, W. (2023). Experimental evidence on the productivity effects of
generative artificial intelligence. Science, 381(6654), 187-192. Source document.
Parasuraman, R., & Manzey, D. H. (2010). Complacency and bias in human use of
automation: An attentional integration. Human Factors, 52(3), 381-410. Source
document.
Peters, U., & Chin-Yee, B. (2025). Generalization bias in large language model
summarization of scientific research. Royal Society Open Science. Source
document.
Risko, E. F., & Gilbert, S. J. (2016). Cognitive offloading. Trends in Cognitive Sciences,
20(9), 676-688. Source document.
Shaer, O., et al. (2024). AI-augmented brainwriting: Investigating the use of LLMs in
group ideation. arXiv preprint. Source document.
Sparrow, B., Liu, J., & Wegner, D. M. (2011). Google effects on memory: Cognitive
consequences of having information at our fingertips. Science, 333(6043), 776-778.
Source document.
Wei, L., Yu, H., Chen, Q., et al. (2025). The effects of generative AI on collaborative
problem-solving and team creativity performance in digital story creation: An
experimental study. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher
Education, 22, 23. Source document.
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