ABSTRACT
Humans possess a unique capacity to manipulate the environment in the pursuit
of goals. These goals can be physical (building shelter, creating tools, etc.), but
also informational, such as when we create markers to point the way along a path
or leave a note to ourselves as a reminder to pick up eggs from the market. In
the informational case, the creation of reminders or pointers in the environment
functions as a kind of cognitive offloading, enriching our modes of interaction with
the environment while requiring reduced internal management of information.