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Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications
Fig. 1 | Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

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From: Individual differences in cognitive offloading: a comparison of intention offloading, pattern copy, and short-term memory capacity

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Illustration of the intention offloading task. A: A set of six circles appears onscreen. B: The participants drag the circles in the order indicated by the numbers. C: Dragged circles disappear from the display. D: For each removed circle, a new circle appears (until a total of 25 circles had been presented). New circles can be associated with an intention (indicated by a 2 s color cue). These circles need to be dragged across the correspondingly colored border of the frame when it is their turn. E: For circles which are associated with an intention, the participants can decide whether to rely on an internal memory strategy (see F1), or whether they externalize the intention by locating the circle near the corresponding border thus generating an external reminder (see F2). Cognitive offloading is indicated by a larger number of externalizations

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