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Context Dependent Memory

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Context dependent memory is a memory that is much easier to recall when a person is recalling this memory in the same place where the memory actually occurred. The memory depends on context. For example, if you made a trip back to your elementary school, your memories of events that happened there come to your mind very easily. Another example would be misplacing an item and retracing your steps and actions to find the item. We remember things best when the environment, mood, or physical state is in the same context. Environmental cues influence processing of memories. There was a study done in 1975 that researched if environmental cues really do help you recall memory. Divers were told to go underwater and some were told to stay on

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