With the rapid increase of technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an integral part of a student's academic output. Software such as Chat GPT, Gemini have become prominent applications in the field of education to access information. Undoubtedly, these technologies have brought convenience, and speed amongst the youngsters, but there is a need to understand how these applications adversely impact their cognitive abilities. Higher cognitive abilities are important elements of research and development work, especially in higher education. Overreliance on AI leads to errors in task performance, and decision-making. Previous research has reported an impact of these technologies on the critical thinking, analytical reasoning, and decision-making abilities of the students. This research aims to emphasize more thoroughly how AI can have an impact on the cognitive abilities of students. Using PRISMA guidelines, we identified papers published between 2020-2025 for the review including qualitative and quantitative studies published in English were reviewed to generate a comprehensive result. After synthesizing the previous literature, the major findings of each study were extracted and summarized. The results have suggested that though AI can generate high-quality educational data, its overreliance can stifle the innovative and creative thinking of the students, diminishing the quality of their educational output. Thus, this paper concludes by encouraging further research on the impact of AI dependency on brainstorming and the cognitive abilities of the students.