Self-control Strategies: Interpreting and Enhancing Augmented Cognition from a Self-regulatory Perspective

Abstract

Recent work on augmented cognition has begun to highlight the importance of self-regulatory processes. In an effort to expand further in this direction, this paper outlines the nature and potential implications of an emerging view of self-regulation focusing on five major self-control strategies. In particular, we discuss how this self-control strategies perspective may help inform our understanding of current augmented cognition approaches, suggest new directions for the development of mitigation strategies, and highlight new research directions. This preliminary discussion integrating self-control strategies and augmented cognition may stimulate additional work that could benefit both research areas.