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Encoding Specificity
“The memory may not be gone; today's key may simply differ from the one that stored it.”
01 / SUMMARY
In short
A retrieval cue works best when it matches information present as the memory was formed. Accessibility depends on the relationship between encoding and retrieval, not only on isolated memory “strength.”
03 / SCENE
In the wild
A word studied in the pair “apple–fruit” may be retrieved better with “fruit” than with a new cue that seems more obvious.
04 / LIMIT
The limit
It does not mean studying in only one location or treating physical context as the only relevant cue.
FINAL NOTE
What remains
Practice with several cues and across contexts so a memory does not depend on one route in.