In this volume, Robert J. Sternberg and David D. Preiss bring together different perspectives on understanding the impact of various technologies on human abilities, competencies, and expertise. The inclusive range of historical, comparative, sociocultural, cognitive, educational, industrial/organizational, and human factors approaches will stimula

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Part I: Cognitive Technologies in Historical and Cultural Evolution. R.S. Nickerson, Technology and Cognition Amplification. A.E. Maynard, K. Subrahmanyam, P.M. Greenfield, Technology and the Development of Intelligence: From the Loom to the Computer. D.R. Olson, Technology and Intelligence in a Literate Society. Part II: Cognitive Consequences of Educational Technologies. G. Salomon, D. Perkins, Do Technologies Make Us Smarter? Intellectual Amplification With, Of, and Through Technology. S.P. Lajoie, Cognitive Tools for the Mind: The Promises of Technology--Cognitive Amplifiers or Bionic Prosthetics? Part III: Technological Partnerships at Work. A. Kirlik, Work in Progress: Reinventing Intelligence for an Invented World. J-M. Hoc, Cooperation Between Human Cognition and Technology in Dynamic Situations. C. D¡az-Canepa, Transferring Technologies to Developing Countries: A Cognitive and Cultural Approach. Part IV: Intelligent Technologies and Technological Intelligences. D.D. Preiss, R.J. Sternberg, Technologies for Working Intelligence. M. Cole, J. Derry, We Have Met Technology and It Is Us.