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Tempo Reading Vs ChatGpt

Brain Illustration

The Cognition Crisis

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With the just-released MIT , https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/, report on the impact of ChatGPT use on student cognition, we have put together an article demonstrating how Tempo Reading's combination of metacognition and neurocognitive entrainment via eye tracking, flow state text reveal and AI serves as the antidote to the cognitive decline identified in the research:

Tempo Reading will conduct frontier research in collaboration with Swansea University through 2025, focusing on neurocognitive entrainment and flow-state learning. 

CEO Tim Wilson

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  • Lost Brain Connectivity from AI Use: The MIT study showed that students using ChatGPT from the start "consistently showed the lowest connectivity, especially in alpha and beta EEG bands" while Tempo Reading synchronizes with optimum reading speeds that correlate to low beta waves (12–15 Hz) "associated mostly with quiet, focused, introverted concentration" - key to accessing flow state. This alligns with research by Cambridge University Mind Lab on neurocognitive entrainment. 

  • Cognitive Debt Accumulation: The MIT research identified "cognitive debt" that "accumulates through repeated AI use", while Tempo Reading's Text Reveal promotes long-term metacognitive learning where students consistently think about their thinking. Regular flow state training strengthens neural pathways over months and years, building robust brain connectivity that prevents cognitive decline. This sustained metacognitive practice creates lasting neuroplasticity changes, ensuring students develop durable learning patterns that compound over time rather than deteriorating like AI-dependent cognition.

  • Attention Span Deterioration Crisis: The research highlighted "linguistically bland" essays and lower recall from AI dependency, directly linked to weakened attention networks. Tempo Reading counteracts this by training sustained focus through optimized reading speeds that generate "the right amount of beta waves" needed to "focus", while beta wave "suppression can lead to ADHD, daydreaming, depression, and poor cognition" - exactly the symptoms AI dependency creates.

  • Reduced Critical Thinking Ability: Students using AI showed "reduced metacognitive activity, particularly in brain regions responsible for error monitoring and self-evaluation", while Tempo Reading's Text Reveal technology forces students to think about their thinking - the foundation of critical thinking skills.

  • Limited Neural Plasticity: The MIT study found that AI use may "limit students' ability to form 'durable memory traces'", while Tempo Reading leverages "our brain's plasticity - the ability to restructure and learn new things" ensuring cognitive flexibility for changing career landscapes.

  • Loss of Student Agency: Students using AI exclusively "reported lower satisfaction and ownership over their work", whereas Tempo Reading empowers students with their optimum reading speed, returning cognitive control and building self-directed learning skills.

  • Disrupted Learning Rhythms: AI use disrupts natural learning rhythms, while Tempo Reading trains students to access flow state. The Cambridge University Mind Lab study found that "the learning rate for those locked into the right rhythm was at least three times faster than for all the other groups."

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