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Divers who learned word lists underwater recalled them better underwater.

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Context-dependent memory means retrieval improves when the surroundings match those during learning. In the classic study, divers learned word lists on land or submerged and were tested in both settings; recall was significantly better when contexts matched. Internal state matters too, not just physical setting.

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