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    Role of context in episodic memory: Evidence of selective facilitation in congruent environmental contexts in humans


    Roche, Richard, Moore, J.L., Cassidy, Sarah and Boll, S. (2006) Role of context in episodic memory: Evidence of selective facilitation in congruent environmental contexts in humans. The Irish Journal of Medical Science, 175 (3). p. 86.

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    Abstract

    The contribution of contextual factors on learning and memory has been well established, and it has been repeately shown that returning a participant to the context in which information was learned results in a facilitation for the recall of that information, while changing context can impair recall.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: Context; Episodic; Memory;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology
    Item ID: 1012
    Depositing User: Richard Roche
    Date Deposited: 26 May 2008
    Journal or Publication Title: The Irish Journal of Medical Science
    Publisher: Springer
    Refereed: Yes
    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/1012
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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