Scuba divers remember word lists best back in the exact place they learned them

In a 1975 study, divers memorized word lists either on a beach or fully submerged underwater, then recalled them in either the same or the opposite setting. Recall was consistently better when the environment at test matched the environment at learning, regardless of which one it was. The effect shows memory ties itself to surrounding context, not just the information itself.

— Duncan Godden and Alan Baddeley, Context-dependent memory in two natural environments: on land and underwater — British Journal of Psychology, 1975

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