Recall is easier and better if current conditions, internal and external, are similar to learning conditions {context dependency} {context-dependent retrieval}. The main internal context is mood. Recall is slightly, but significantly, better in same environment as learning environment. Environment can include learning act, material learned, place, time, mood, and physiological state. Context increases recall of items that match context itself.
Setting context before, but not after, performing recall task improves performance. Using context with same feature cues but not correct spatial relations does not improve performance.
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Context can change memory meaning.
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