Environmental context—dependent memory.

The impact on recall of reinstatement or change of the environment existing at the time of learning is reviewed. While strong and stable effects have been observed for recall, effects on recognition rarely occur because the word itself is a powerful cue (the outshining hypothesis). A classification of context effects is presented and the conditions where such effects are likely to be maximized or minimized are specified.

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