I think this may be it: Environmental context and human memory. Authors: Smith, Steven M., U Wisconsin, Madison Glenberg, Arthur Bjork, Robert A. Source: Memory & Cognition, Vol 6(4), Jul, 1978. pp. 342-353. Page Count: 12 Publisher: US: Psychonomic Society. ISSN: 0090-502X (Print) Language: English Keywords: environmental context, memory, college students Abstract: In Exp I, with 16 undergraduates, variability of input environments produced higher free recall performance than unchanged input environments. Exp II (24 Ss) showed improvements in cued recall when storage and test contexts matched, using a paradigm that unconfounded the variables of context mismatching and context change. In Exp III (20 Ss), recall of categories and words within a category were better for same- than different-context recall. In Exp IV, 112 Ss given identical input conditions showed strong effects of environmental context when given a free recall test, yet showed no main effects of context on a recognition test. The absence of an environmental context effect on recognition was replicated in Exp V (64 Ss), using cued recognition to control the semantic encodings of test words. In the discussion, environmental context is compared with other types of context, and an attempt is made to identify the memory processes influenced by environmental context. (34 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)
Paul C Bernhardt Frostburg State University Frostburg, MD, USA pcbernhardt[at]frostburg[d0t]edu On Sep 6, 2010, at 7:36 PM, Annette Taylor wrote: > > > Does anyone know what is the 1978 studied referred to in this article that > suggests that it is better to change study locations. I have forever seen > evidence that it IS indeed better to study in one place and have one place > set aside for studying. My students have replicated, endlessly, the Tulving > and Thomson studies on encoding specificity with students who study and test > in the same place outperforming those who study and in different places; and > those who study in one place and imagine themselves in that place while > testing in a different place. > > So, this seems to beg for a new study: students who study in multiple places > and then test in a new place versus those who study in only place and imagine > themselves in that place when taking the test in a new place. > > Annette > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > Professor, Psychological Sciences > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110 > [email protected] > > From: Christopher D. Green [[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 2:26 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: [tips] Mind - Research Upends Traditional Thinking on Study Habits - > NYTimes.com > > > > The New York Times looks at strategies for effective studying (and takes down > "learning styles" along the way). > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/health/views/07mind.html?hp > > Chris > -- > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > Canada > > 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 > [email protected] > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > ========================== > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0&n=T&l=tips&o=4643 > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > or send a blank email to > leave-4643-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=4646 > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > or send a blank email to > leave-4646-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4649 or send a blank email to leave-4649-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
