State-dependent learning

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State-dependent learning is a phenomenon of learning and recalling that is based upon the physiological and mental state of the organism.

Factors affecting state-dependent learning may include: environment, intoxication, emotional state, and sensory modality.

For example, people in a drunken state remember events when they were drunk, but they cannot remember when they are sober.

[edit] See also

• Cue-dependent forgetting

[edit] External links

• http://www.airlinesafety.com/editorials/PilotsAndMemory.htm
• http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2405/is_1_130/ai_98709929
• http://www.memorylossonline.com/glossary/statedependentmemory.html