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= State Dependent Memory = This type of memory is more readily available to the conscious mind when the same mood has been triggered. A way to trigger this type of memory is if a person studies in an environment that is similar to where they will be tested. An example of this in recent studies has found a link between state-dependent memory and traumatic events under the influence of alcohol. Being intoxicated again may cause the memories to become triggered, causing the person to relive the events.

History Of Research
In 1784, a French aristocrat named Marquis de Puysegur, realized that when people were put in a hypnotic state then awoken they had no recollection of what they were told. However, when they were put back under hypnosis, in the state they would be able to recall everything from the last time.

In 1910, a man named Morton Prince came to a realization about dreams. He hypothesized that the reason we have a hard time remembering our dreams when we wake up isn't due to the fact that we are unable to, But because our dreams are nothing like the real world. Because they are nothing a like, their is nothing to recall. The only time a dream is remembered is when they have some resemblance of the world we live in everyday. Other than that they are lost.

In 1969, Hoine, Bremer, and Stern conducted a test with two main parts. The participants were given time to study and just before they were tested they were asked to consume 10 ounces of Vodka. The very next day they did the same thing except some were intoxicated, while others remained sober. The results found that whether the students were sober or intoxicated they did well. But only if the state they were in was the same when they studied and when they were tested. In other words if they were intoxicated while they studied, then they did better taking the test in the same state. If they were sober when they studied then they got their best results while sober.

In 1979, Reus, Post, and Weingartner, found that when a person is depressed they find it nearly impossible to think of a time in the past when they were happy. The longer they were depressed the more impossible the task became. They attributed this to the mind taking control of how the person felt. The person feels nothing but misery so therefore that's what their whole life must have been like both before and after the depression too hold.

Erich and Metcalfe in 1989 demonstrated that memory is better retrieved when a person's mood corresponds to how they were feeling at the time.

In 1999 a psychiatry journal was published on the topic of spouse abuse. The main topic of discussion was about men who would abuse their wives, sometimes even killing them and having no memory of the event afterward. At first they were just thought to be lies but with later findings they found that many convicts have said the same thing. They remember the time before the attack and after, but have no memory of the attack itself. One man described it as everything going red as though he had blacked out. In this journal it is discussed that state-dependent memory might be to blame. The thought process behind this theory is that the individuals experience what is known as limited amnesia. This form of amnesia is specific towards one event that has been forgotten.

In 2010, there a study done to test whether people retained more information when they were scared compared to when they were relaxed. They were tested by being paired off into different groups. One group was scared while learning and then expected to retain the information they had learned in a relaxed setting. The other group was the opposite, and then they had the two control groups. The two control groups were paired off as scared/scared, and relaxed/relaxed. The results came back and the result found that more information was retained when both factors were the same throughout.

In 2019 a study of 100 college aged woman between the age of 18-24 were given questionairs daily to access how alcohol had an effect on their memories of a past SA. Some of the woman were intoxicated during the assault and about half were not. Woman who were intoxicated during the assaults would experience intrusive thoughts and flashbacks of the SA. Whereas, woman who were not intoxicated at the time of their assault experienced no more flashbacks or intrusive thoughts than usual. It is common for alcohol to be attributed to forgetting, but when encoding happens specifically while under the influence of alcohol it can make the memory more vivid.

Mood
It has been hypothesized throughout the years that intoxicated people don't remember what they did while they were drunk because they were in a state of euphoria. Whereas in day to day life the average person isn't quite as happy. It's not until they become intoxicated again and reach that higher mood that they can begin to piece together what they did a few nights before. This may also explain why men or women who abuse their family might not remember it in the morning.

In 1979, in a study regarding a man named Jonah with Multiple Personality Disorder, He was asked many kinds of questions. It wasn't until he was asked personal and emotional questions that he allowed a few of his personalities to take the light. Each personality acted different and appeared to be reacting in a different way. When the study was over and Jonah was asked what he remembered the day before he could only remember the questions he was asked before the emotional questions. Each personality remembered different questions depending on their mood.