Hannah, Julia, and MC

Unleveled psychology memory project

In our podcast, MC recounts the time he crashed his 10th grade winter chorus concert. We went back to the spot it happened, the PAC, and when MC was standing near the stage, Julia reminded him of the memory. It is a context dependent memory because it was prompted by being there and seeing MC in that spot. In addition, context dependent memories can be prompted with food, music, or smells. When prompted, he remembered pulling his dress up to run across the wing of the stage, something he wouldn’t have remembered without being there. It was retrieved from his long term memory and brought into the front of his consciousness.