Short term memory Childhood memory
children reading @ desks in classroom @ robert emmet school in 1911. school located @ 5500 west madison street in austin community area of chicago, illinois
emotion , memory linked. influence of learning environment relates both encoding specificity principle , attention given test material. arguably, more relaxed school environment improve memory , performance on tests. hypothesized easterbrook (1959), emotionality can negatively affect attention towards retrieval cues. relaxation can induced music , odors, cue involuntary memory on both free recall , recognition tasks. experiment h.j. cassaday used lemon , lavender odors induce calm learning environment later reinstated retrieval tasks. well, tests have shown 2 retrieval cues seem more effective 1 test conducted cassaday focused on environmental conditions deemed relaxing such smaller rooms , lavender scent. chosen additional element of familiarity (classical music associated school assembly). study used more 1 cue because memory multi-modal , context-dependent. mood modality. children can benefit consistent learning environments support less anxious states encoding , retrieval of test material. noted relaxed encoding conditions followed relaxed retrieval conditions improved performance compared neutral conditions. suggests neutral conditions offer impoverished context cues memory , retrieval.
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