?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Offloading+Cognition+onto+Cognitive+Technology&rft.creator=Dror%2C+Itiel&rft.creator=Harnad%2C+Stevan&rft.subject=Human+Computer+Interaction&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=%22Cognizing%22+(e.g.%2C+thinking%2C+understanding%2C+and+knowing)+is+a+mental+state.+Systems+without+mental+states%2C+such+as+cognitive+technology%2C+can+sometimes+contribute+to+human+cognition%2C+but+that+does+not+make+them+cognizers.+Cognizers+can+offload+some+of+their+cognitive+functions+onto+cognitive+technology%2C+thereby+extending+their+performance+capacity+beyond+the+limits+of+their+own+brain+power.+Language+itself+is+a+form+of+cognitive+technology+that+allows+cognizers+to+offload+some+of+their+cognitive+functions+onto+the+brains+of+other+cognizers.+Language+also+extends+cognizers'+individual+and+joint+performance+powers%2C+distributing+the+load+through+interactive+and+collaborative+cognition.+Reading%2C+writing%2C+print%2C+telecommunications+and+computing+further+extend+cognizers'+capacities.+And+now+the+web%2C+with+its+network+of+cognizers%2C+digital+databases+and+software+agents%2C+all+accessible+anytime%2C+anywhere%2C+has+become+our+%E2%80%9CCognitive+Commons%2C%E2%80%9D+in+which+distributed+cognizers+and+cognitive+technology+can+interoperate+globally+with+a+speed%2C+scope+and+degree+of+interactivity+inconceivable+through+local+individual+cognition+alone.+And+as+with+language%2C+the+cognitive+tool+par+excellence%2C+such+technological+changes+are+not+merely+instrumental+and+quantitative%3A+they+can+have+profound+effects+on+how+we+think+and+encode+information%2C+on+how+we+communicate+with+one+another%2C+on+our+mental+states%2C+and+on+our+very+nature.+&rft.publisher=John+Benjamins&rft.contributor=Dror%2C+Itiel&rft.contributor=Harnad%2C+Stevan+Harnad&rft.date=2008-08-30&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6182%2F1%2FdistribcogFNL.html&rft.identifier=++Dror%2C+Itiel+and+Harnad%2C+Stevan++(2008)+Offloading+Cognition+onto+Cognitive+Technology.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6182%2F