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Gerry Markopoulos considers the role of environmental context in memory function. How can we use this research to improve memory in everyday situations?

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I studied at Keele University. Years later I returned for a visit. When I arrived on campus, memories from my time there started re-emerging. They were memories I had not retrieved in a long time. The effect was so strong that I had trouble withdrawing money from the campus ATM. I could not remember my PIN and in my first try I entered the PIN I used when I lived on campus years earlier. Where did those memories come from? The most likely culprit is environmental context (EC).

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