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Moveable Cues: a Practical Method for Reducing Context‐Dependent Forgetting
Author(s) -
Parker Amanda,
Gellatly Angus
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
applied cognitive psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1099-0720
pISSN - 0888-4080
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199704)11:2<163::aid-acp427>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - forgetting , psychology , cue dependent forgetting , context (archaeology) , recall , cognitive psychology , free recall , paleontology , biology
Abstract In three experiments subjects studied a list of words under incidental learning conditions. Their explicit memory was tested using free recall. Relearning to criterion was also measured in Experiment 3. Testing took place at intervals after the study period of either 1 hour or 48 hours, and in the same or in a different environment. In all experiments either one or two ambient environmental context cues were present at study, which were then either present or not present at test. Ambient cues were found to reduce context‐dependent forgetting, and practical uses of this method in applied settings are discussed. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.