PSYC 2650 Lecture Notes - Implicit Memory, Rhinal Cortex, Explicit Memory
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Recall that when we learn, we make connections between the newly acquired material and representations already in memory. These connections serve as retrieval paths when we need to remember the new material. State-dependent learning new material is most likely to be recalled when the person is in the same mental, emotional, or biological state as when the material was learned. Being in the same state of mind might help you to retrieve your memories. Same place is also useful for memory recall. For example, materials learned while on land are best recalled while on land, and materials learned while underwater are best recalled while underwater. Scuba gear while underwater, because otherwise they would have drowned. Context reinstatement, or recreating the context that was present during learning, will improve memory performance: fisher & craik (1977) presented participants with word pairs and asked them to remember the second word.