Discuss how cognitive research on context-dependent memory could be applied to improve our everyday memory. Experimental research and case studies have shown that there is good evidence to suggest that Baddeley (1999) favors the idea that being in the same state or context during recall as during learning helps you remember . Baddeley's earlier experiments on the effects of cold on divers had suggested a strong dependence on context, and it was this intrigue that led Baddeley and Godden (1975) to experiment to see if divers in deep waters could remember the things they learned deep down. from the sea during their next dive than on dry land ( ). They concluded… This could partly explain why many people forget to do things related to their home life once they arrive at the office and remember them again as soon as they return home. The associations aroused by the return home appear to effectively trigger the return home memory. Godden and Baddeley (1980) then repeated their verbal memory experiment using a recognition test rather than uncued recall, and observed no evidence of context dependence. Suggests that environmental cues may be important in helping to locate the relevant memory trace, but are not used to assess whether it is the appropriate trace. External environment. A similar effect occurs when the individual's internal environment is altered by alcohol consumption (Goodwin et al. 1969) – state dependence. What is learned while drunk is best remembered while drunk. Similar results with various drugs, including marijuana (eich, 1980). State dependence is observed only in recall, and not in recognition, as in context dependence. Suggests that retrieval has 2 elements: finding the memory...... middle of paper...... cues to trigger recall. Fisher et al. (1989) found that training police officers to use enhanced cognitive interviewing techniques resulted in a 46% increase in the number of statements that, compared to those of a second witness, were more than 90% accurate. . Cognitive interviewing, which can reestablish state and context, is most effective when used close to the time of an incident (Geiselman & Fisher, 1997). However, because providing cues has a greater effect on memorization than recognition ( ), this is unlikely to help them accurately identify the attacker in a police lineup (Groeger, 1997). Although research has shown that cognitive interviews increase the likelihood of false material being remembered, there has been shown to be a greater increase in the amount of correct information recalled compared to a standard interview.