Research Articie
02 July 2026
Beyond Prompting: Biological Memory, Cognitive Offloading, and Human Expertise in the Age of GenAI
Meena Jha
1
m.jha@cqu.edu.au
,
Stephen Colbran
2
,
Ken Purnell
3
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- 1 : College of ICT, School of Engineering and Technology, Central Queensland University, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia, NSW, Australia
- 2 : College of Law, School of Business and Law, Central Queensland University, Brisbane, QLD 4701, Australia, QLD, Australia
- 3 : School of Education and the Arts, Centre for Research in Equity & Advancement of Teaching & Education (CREATE), Central Queensland University, Rockhampton North, QLD 4700, Australia, QLD, Australia
DOI:
10.55578/fepr.2607.009
Keywords:
Generative artificial intelligence, cognitive offloading, biological memory, higher education, human expertise, cognitive debt, cognitive decline
