Offloading items from memory: individual differences in cognitive offloading in a short-term memory task
Abstract 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. Offloading can lead to improved performance on ongoing tasks with high cognitive demand,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Cognitive Research |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-019-0201-4 |