Confidence guides spontaneous cognitive offloading [PDF]
Cognitive Research, 2019 Background Cognitive offloading is the use of physical action to reduce the cognitive demands of a task. Everyday memory relies heavily on this practice; for example, when we write down to-be-remembered information or use diaries, alerts, and reminders ...
Annika Boldt, Sam J. Gilbert
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Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2016 If you have ever tilted your head to perceive a rotated image, or programmed a smartphone to remind you of an upcoming appointment, you have engaged in cognitive offloading: the use of physical action to alter the information processing requirements of a
Evan F Risko, Sam J Gilbert
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Recognition of rotated objects and cognitive offloading in dogs [PDF]
iScience, 2022 Summary: Recognition of rotated images can challenge visual systems. Humans often diminish the load of cognitive tasks employing bodily actions (cognitive offloading).
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Metacognitive training facilitates optimal cognitive offloading [PDF]
Cognitive ResearchCognitive offloading refers to the use of physical actions and the external environment to reduce cognitive demand. Offloading strategies such as creating external reminders instead of relying on internal memory are highly effective and play a key role ...
Ceri Ngai, Sam J. Gilbert
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Individual differences in cognitive offloading: a comparison of intention offloading, pattern copy, and short-term memory capacity [PDF]
Cognitive Research, 2021 The cognitive load of many everyday life tasks exceeds known limitations of short-term memory. One strategy to compensate for information overload is cognitive offloading which refers to the externalization of cognitive processes such as reminder setting
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Offloading items from memory: individual differences in cognitive offloading in a short-term memory task [PDF]
Cognitive Research, 2020 Cognitive offloading refers to the act of reducing the mental processing requirements of a task through physical actions like writing down information or storing information on a cell phone or computer.
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Take a load off: examining partial and complete cognitive offloading of medication information [PDF]
Cognitive Research, 2023 Although cognitive offloading, or the use of physical action to reduce internal cognitive demands, is a commonly used strategy in everyday life, relatively little is known about the conditions that encourage offloading and the memorial consequences of ...
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A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study on the prefrontal correlates of cognitive offloading via a personal knowledge assistant [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 The saving of previously encoded information boosts both memory for subsequent information (saving-enhanced memory; SEM) as well as cognitive performance in general (saving-enhanced performance; SEP). These findings have been replicated in a setting that
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Cognitive offloading through digital tools and its relationship with critical thinking, task persistence, and learning depth [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionThe increasing reliance on digital tools in university classrooms has raised concerns about cognitive offloading and its potential implications for students' learning processes.
Jian Wang
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Microstructural organization of superior longitudinal fasciculus and cingulum bundle support metacognition driven cognitive offloading [PDF]
Scientific ReportsPeople often use external tools to offload cognitive demands associated with remembering future intentions. While previous research has established a causal role of metacognition in cognitive offloading, the neural basis of white matter tracts supporting
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