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This session explores emerging research on human pro-agency tendencies and their influence on frontal cortex executive function in an era of humans depending on large language models (LLMs). Drawing on a large-scale study of 1,923 participants, Sarah Baldeo examines how agency-preserving behaviors can strengthen decision-making, judgment, and cognitive endurance rather than erode critical thinking.

The session introduces the concept of neuroadaptive feedback loops - intentional forms of cognitive friction that support executive function under conditions of automation. Participants will examine how carefully designed LLM tension, retraining tools, and reflective prompts can be used to recalibrate attention, preserve metacognition, and expand cognitive capacity over time.

Rather than framing AI as cognitively diminishing or inherently augmentative, this research positions human agency as the moderating variable. Attendees will leave with a neuroscience-grounded framework for understanding how executive function can be protected, retrained, and strengthened alongside advanced AI systems, as well as insights into Brodmann areas impacted positively and negatively by GenAI utilization.