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September 10, 2025Cognitive ScienceOpen Access

Children Show More Selective Cognitive Offloading After First Being Compelled to Offload Indiscriminately

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KAKristy L. ArmitageAJAlicia K. JonesJRJonathan Redshaw

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Overview

Experimental analysis shows that cognitive offloading influences strategy choice in children, suggesting implications for learning.

Key Points

  • Children became more selective in strategy use after being compelled to offload indiscriminately, demonstrating adaptability.
  • In a task involving manual and mental rotation, older children (ages 6-9) showed a significant preference for strategies that reduced cognitive demand.
  • The study included 128 children, exploring effects over two phases of strategy application during cognitive tasks.
  • These findings may highlight a trade-off, where selectivity indicates a desire to minimize cognitive effort rather than enhance performance.

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Armitage et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c241acb210217d6479ff62https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.70100
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