Abstract:Cognitive offloading: the use of physical action to alter the information processing requirements of a task so as to reduce cognitive demand. (such as programming a smartphone to remind you of an upcoming appointment). Previous studies have shown that people have an irrational tendency to offload (excessive use of cognitive offloading), which may be due to the wrong metacognitive beliefs (about themselves or external tools) and so on. It may be useful to interfere with the individual's metacognitive to optimize cognitive offloading decision-making behavior. Future studies should also shed light on the causes of the excessive use of cognitive offloading and develop systemic interventions to promote individual using cognitive offloading optimally.