Imagined test situations produce contextual memory enhancement.
Two groups of 12 undergraduates learned a 26-item list of medium-imagery words. Those who visualized an examination-hall scored better at 1-wk. recall than those who visualized countryside during learning, thereby providing confirmation of the context-dependency effect.
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Bishop's University, Lennoxville, PQ, Canada.
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D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D011939:Mental Recall; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D012931:Social Environment; D013067:Speech Perception; D014706:Verbal Learning