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negative-correlation-age · gerlich-2025-ai-tools-cognitive-offloading
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- negative-correlation-age
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- A cross-sectional survey of 666 UK participants found that more frequent AI tool use was negatively correlated with self-reported critical thinking, mediated by cognitive offloading, and that younger participants showed higher AI dependence and lower critical thinking scores.
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The findings revealed a significant negative correlation between frequent AI tool usage and critical thinking abilities, mediated by increased cognitive offloading. Younger participants exhibited higher dependence on AI tools and lower critical thinking scores compared to older participants.
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- en
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- section: Abstract
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