Talk:Context-dependent memory

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Article conflict
Research has also shown that context-dependence may play an important role in numerous situations, such as memory for studied material, or events that have occurred following the consumption of alcohol or other drugs.

After reading state-dependent memory, I thought the effect of alcohol belonged there. &mdash; MaxEnt 17:07, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Better Definition

 * In psychology, context-dependent memory is the improved recall of specific episodes or information when the context present at encoding and retrieval are the same.

This definition needs further elaboration, as well as the fact that it is not useful to use a word in the phrase of question within the definition. I would suggest:
 * In psychology, context-dependent memory is the improved recall of specific episodes or information when the physical stimuli present at encoding and retrieval are the same. Schachterjo19 (talk) 23:27, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

I think the definition should remain the same as it was originally. The word 'context' is a pretty broad term that can help people understand the term 'context-dependent memory' better. I also think the definition should be expanded to explain this in simpler terms (using a quote from a journal article I found) and include a link to the Wikipedia page for 'context'. I would suggest:
 * In psychology, context-dependent memory is the improved recall of specific episodes or information when the context present at encoding and retrieval are the same. In a simpler manner, "when events are represented in memory, contextual information is stored along with memory targets; the context can therefore cue memories containing that contextual information".. Gdg1500 (talk) 23:13, 14 April 2020 (UTC) Gdg1500 (talk) 23:15, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Outshining Hypothesis Section is Unclear
Upon reading the outshining hypothesis section, the explanation given does not offer a definition for the phenomenon. I'd suggest adding: The outshining hypothesis is the phenomenon by which context effects are absent as a result of a different cue (item cue) suppressing the weaker cue at retrieval. This "outshining" can also occur for item cues by stronger context cues. Gdg1500 (talk) 23:08, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

peer review on better definition
I think that the proposed definition is crisper and cleaner than the previous one, however reading it after what already existed on this page makes it slightly redundant, therefore I feel that the 2 definitions should be fused into one or the older one should be deleted for ease in reading and less redundancy. Aadyaa06 (talk) 19:40, 25 April 2020 (UTC)Aadyaa06