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In this chapter we present the first half of our thorough interdisciplinary review of the disparate prior literature on external memory and how it interacts with internal memory. Here we gather and review theoretical perspectives from across psychology. Specific theories we cover include transactive memory and exograms. Topics we cover include metacognition (metamemory), prospective memory, working memory, human factors, and cognitive rehabilitation. Along the way, we also weave in relevant insights from our own data, reported in Chapters 2, 3, and 4. This review, along with that of Chapter 6, provides solid guideposts for further work on the interplay of internal and external memory.

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    For an in-depth consideration of the tension between artificial intelligence and augmentation of human intelligence, see Markoff (2015). See also Clowes (2013) for a discussion of autonomy.

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