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"DCog" is a specific approach to distributed cognition (distinct from other meanings)<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/s13164-013-0131-x |issn=1878-5158 |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=1–24 | vauthors = Michaelian K, Sutton J |title=Distributed Cognition and Memory Research: History and Current Directions |journal=Review of Philosophy and Psychology |date=2013-02-20 |hdl=11693/37950 |s2cid=9818565 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> which takes a computational perspective towards goal-based activity systems.<ref>{{cite web| vauthors = Perry M |title=Some simple definitions in Distributed Cognition (DCog) |url=http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~cssrmjp/homefiles/home.html|access-date=22 November 2015}}</ref>

The distributed cognition approach Usesuses insights from [[cultural anthropology]], [[sociology]], [[embodied cognitive science]], and the psychology of [[Lev Vygotsky]] (cf. [[cultural-historical psychology]]). It emphasizes the ways that cognition is off-loaded into the environment through social and technological means. It is a framework for studying cognition rather than a type of cognition. This framework involves the coordination between individuals, artifacts and the environment.

According to Zhang & Norman (1994),<ref>{{Cite journal | doi=10.1207/s15516709cog1801_3|title = Representations in Distributed Cognitive Tasks| journal=Cognitive Science| volume=18| pages=87–122|year = 1994| vauthors = Zhang J, Norman DA | doi-access=free}}</ref> the distributed cognition approach has three key components: