Psychology / Unit 6 Psych 0683 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Context-Dependent Memory
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The idea
Context-dependent memory is improved retrieval when the external setting matches the setting of encoding.
In practice
Divers who learned word lists underwater recalled more underwater than on land.
Where people slip
The effect is real and modest. It matters most when retrieval is otherwise near the edge of failing.
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