Tag Archives: cognition

The Cognitive Internet of Things

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Giorgio Bertini

It is not difficult to find that the structure of the Internet is getting more and more similar to brain structure. The structure of the Internet from the perspective of neurology is very similar to the human brain, specifically the Internet virtual … Continue reading →

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Effect of a metacognitive scaffolding on self-efficacy, metacognition, and achievement in e-learning environments

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Giorgio Bertini

The object of the present research is to study the effects of a metacognitive scaffolding on metacognition, academic self-efficacy, and learning achievement in students with different cognitive styles in the Field Dependence-Independence (FDI) dimension when learning math content in an e-learning environment. Sixty-seven (67) … Continue reading →

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The Digital Expansion of the Mind: Implications of Internet Usage for Memory and Cognition

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Giorgio Bertini

The internet is rapidly changing what information is available as well as how we find it and share it with others. Here we examine how this “digital expansion of the mind” changes cognition. We begin by identifying ten properties of … Continue reading →

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Smartphones and Cognition: A Review of Research

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Giorgio Bertini

While smartphones and related mobile technologies are recognized as flexible and powerful tools that, when used prudently, can augment human cognition, there is also a growing perception that habitual involvement with these devices may have a negative and lasting impact … Continue reading →

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The Cognition Crisis

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Giorgio Bertini

Anxiety. Depression. ADHD. Dementia. The human brain is in trouble. Technology is a cause — and a solution. Our lives on this planet have improved in so many amazing ways over the last century. On average, we are now healthier, … Continue reading →

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Cognitive Benefits of Playing Video Games

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Giorgio Bertini

In two previous articles (here and here), I summarized evidence countering the common fears about video games (that they are addictive and promote such maladies as social isolation, obesity, and violence). I also pointed there to evidence that the games … Continue reading →

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Cognition Beyond the Brain: Computation, Interactivity and Human Artifice

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Giorgio Bertini

Cognition Beyond the Brain challenges neurocentrism by advocating a systemic view of cognition based on investigating how action shapes the experience of thinking. The systemic view steers between extended functionalism and enactivism by stressing how living beings connect bodies, technologies, … Continue reading →

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Extended Cognition and the Dynamics of Algorithmic Skills

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Giorgio Bertini

This book describes a novel methodology for studying algorithmic skills, intended as cognitive activities related to rule-based symbolic transformation, and argues that some human computational abilities may be interpreted and analyzed as genuine examples of extended cognition. It shows that … Continue reading →

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The Brain in your Pocket: Smartphones used to Supplant Thinking

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Giorgio Bertini

With the advent of Smartphone technology, access to the internet and its associated knowledge base is at one’s fingertips. What consequences does this have for human cognition? We frame Smartphone use as an instantiation of the extended mind—the notion that … Continue reading →

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Students’ Learning with Effective Learning Techniques – New directions from Cognitive and Educational Psychology

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Giorgio Bertini

Many students are being left behind by an educational system that some people believe is in crisis. Improving educational outcomes will require efforts on many fronts, but a central premise of this monograph is that one part of a solution … Continue reading →

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