Marissa

Clinical pediatric psychology research. Excuse any typos, I’m trying my best. Who Dey! 🧡 Sports acct: @marissabsports

[Marissa @marissabriselle]

@amalasdlamini literally never leaving (Cleveland 8/15/26)

[Marissa @marissabriselle]

bet awards were so good this year!!

[Marissa @marissabriselle]

@redleft9 @Mamabenergy2 @FBIDirectorKash @ChrisVanHollen Lobby Bar is the name of the restaurant

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Today’s Supreme Court decision effectively guts a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, freeing state legislatures to gerrymander legislative districts to systematically dilute and weaken the voting power of racial minorities - so long as they do it under the guise of “partisanship” rather than explicit “racial bias.” And it serves as just one more example of how a majority of the current Court seems intent on abandoning its vital role in ensuring equal participation in our democracy and protecting the rights of minority groups against majority overreach.

The good news is that such setbacks can be overcome. But that will only happen if citizens across the country who cherish our democratic ideals continue to mobilize and vote in record numbers - not just in the upcoming midterms or in high profile races, but in every election and every level.

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

The lead researcher on this study has a note on her project page asking people to stop using words like "brain damage," "brain rot," "harm," "destroy," and "collapse" to describe her findings. This tweet is doing exactly what she asked people not to do.

Here's what they actually tested. 54 people wrote SAT essays over 4 months. One group used ChatGPT, one used Google, and one used nothing. Researchers tracked brain activity continuously with EEG caps. The ChatGPT group showed the weakest brain connectivity. By session three, most were just pasting ChatGPT's output. 83% couldn't quote a single sentence from the essay they'd just "written." Two teachers who graded the essays called them "soulless."

That part is real. But session 4 changes the picture. They swapped the groups. ChatGPT users had to write solo. Brain-only users got ChatGPT for the first time. The brain-only group's neural activity actually went up when they used ChatGPT. Their brains treated it as a collaborator, not a crutch. Three sessions of thinking independently meant they had something to bring to the table.

The paper is a 206-page preprint. Still not peer-reviewed. A formal academic response in December 2025 flagged issues with the sample size, EEG methods, and the reporting of results.

This pattern isn't even new to AI. A 2011 Columbia study in Science found people who knew they could Google something were less likely to remember it. GPS users show steeper declines in spatial memory over time. Calculators, cameras, even writing itself. Every tool humans have built changes what our brains bother to store.

The actual finding: passive, copy-paste use of ChatGPT during essay writing reduced brain engagement over 3 sessions in 54 college students. People who already knew how to think independently used ChatGPT without losing anything. The researcher's own term is "cognitive cost," not "cognitive destruction."

[Marissa @marissabriselle]

I GOT MY J COLE TICKETS!!!

[mac ꕤ ⋆.˚ ISO 10/30 HARRYWEEN @onlyangeleclerc]

art IS political.

[Marissa @marissabriselle]

The Fall Off is incredible. Production, beats, instruments, lyrics, storytelling. I love both discs. That’s it.

[Marissa @marissabriselle]

@pragmaticbitch @modo_baggins @artwithinpod This is what I did and it still didn’t work, I’ll try it again sometime. Most of what I'm reading says you can’t screen record on FaceTime with audio on iPhone for legal reasons. I understand how to regularly screen record with audio, but the focus is doing it while on FaceTime

[Marissa @marissabriselle]

@modo_baggins @artwithinpod Screen recording on FaceTime doesn’t retain audio btw!

[Marissa @marissabriselle]

If you aren’t using safari’s hide distracting items feature, you’re missing out

[Marissa @marissabriselle]

Didn’t buy Bruno tickets yesterday bc I’m manifesting a J. Cole tour this year 🕯️🧘🏽‍♀️ 2.6.26 can’t come soon enough

[J. Cole @JColeNC]

Disc 2 - Track 2

[J. Cole @JColeNC]

The Fall-Off

[Marissa @marissabriselle]

Chase Brown game ball

[Marissa @marissabriselle]

Managed to respond to all birthday texts by midnight 🙂‍↕️ Happy 25th to me :)

[Marissa @marissabriselle]

I cannot escape Nick Darnell grinch videos on tik tok and I don’t want to

[Marissa @marissabriselle]

@__bulll__ @HakarisupremaC @NawItsMaestro Black culture exists outside “ the projects”, __bulll__ .

[Marissa @marissabriselle]

@CowboyRat99 none of these words are in the bible

[Marissa @marissabriselle]

Good morning to vanity fair :)