11/16/2025
Assistant professor Sang Jung Kim will be leading an interdisciplinary research team on a project titled “Social Isolation, Circadian Rhythms, and Reliance on AI Chatbots!” Alongside associate professor Rachel Young Haelim Jeong (School of Social Work), and Chooza Moon (College of Nursing), Kim will be guiding a study of how disrupted sleep patterns, social isolation and loneliness correlate to an increased reliance on AI chatbots such as ChatGPT.
Tap the link below to read more about this research being done through the Center for Social Science Innovation’s Research Convergence Residency Program!
A newly selected interdisciplinary team at the University of Iowa is launching a research collaboration to better understand how social isolation and disrupted sleep patterns contribute to reliance on AI chatbots—and how these interactions may pose risks to mental health. The project is supported ...