Forgetting (retrieval failure)

• Cue-Based Retrieval


  A stimulus or trigger that activates a stored memory
• Encoding Specificity Principle - Endel Tulving


  The cues available at recall need to be the same specific cues that were there at learning.
• Context-Dependent Forgetting


  The tendency to forget information in a particular context or setting, even if you remember it well in another context.
• State-Dependent Forgetting


  The tendency to forget information that you learned while in a particular emotional state, such as stress or relaxation, when you are in a different emotional state.