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ERIC Number: EJ1467675
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Dec
Pages: 14
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EISSN: EISSN-2056-7936
Available Date: 2025-04-15
Effects of Different AI-Driven Chatbot Feedback on Learning Outcomes and Brain Activity
Jiaqi Yin1,2; Haoxin Xu1,2; Yafeng Pan3; Yi Hu4
npj Science of Learning, v10 Article 17 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) driven chatbots provide instant feedback to support learning. Yet, the impacts of different feedback types on behavior and brain activation remain underexplored. We investigated how metacognitive, affective, and neutral feedback from an educational chatbot affected learning outcomes and brain activity using functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Students receiving metacognitive feedback showed higher transfer scores, greater metacognitive sensitivity, and increased brain activation in the frontopolar area and middle temporal gyrus compared to other feedback types. Such activation correlated with metacognitive sensitivity. Students receiving affective feedback showed better retention scores than those receiving neutral feedback, along with higher activation in the supramarginal gyrus. Students receiving neutral feedback exhibited higher activation in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex than other feedback types. The machine learning model identified key brain regions that predicted transfer scores. These findings underscore the potential of diverse feedback types in enhancing learning via human-chatbot interaction, and provide neurophysiological signatures.
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1East China Normal University, Shanghai Institute of Artificial Intelligence for Education, Shanghai, China; 2East China Normal University, School of Computer Science and Technology, Shanghai, China; 3Zhejiang University, Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Hangzhou, China; 4East China Normal University, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Shanghai, China