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Sep 2026
Borrowed or kept? How self-generation-first and direct-adoption AI workflows shape immediate unaided reasoning
A three-arm experiment that varies the manner of AI use against a no-AI anchor and measures performance 15-20 min later, once the tool has been removed, results in an immediate near-transfer decrement rather than demonstrated lasting de-skilling.
Cheng-Hai Liu, Jia-Yao Guo, Rong-Xia Gao et al.
· Frontiers in Psychology · 0 citations