Please answer in your own 500 words We often remember things better when we are
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Please answer in your own 500 words
We often remember things better when we are in the same context environment, mood or physical state that we learned them, a phenomenon called context-dependent memory. Have you ever noticed a context-dependent memory? What parts of the nervous system do you think contribute to context-dependent memory? Considering what you have learned about emotion, memory, and neuroplasticity, how can we help students with test anxiety (i.e., trouble recalling information when under pressure)?
Explanation / Answer
Context-dependent memory is a type of neurological situation in which memory tryies to recall some specific episodes or information based on retrieval system.
One simple example to understand, a person lost his keys to at his work place. He will try to recall all the possible situations, he has been through in a day. He will try to systematically retarce all the back steps to find out its lost keys and based on the role of context in findng the lost keys.
The major structure present in the brain which is actually suffies the role of context-dependent memory is hippocampus and pre-frontal cortex. Research shows, more activity of the neurons presnt in the himpocampus area of the brain, when someone remains at stress in solving a problem, finding out lost objects etc.
There are different ways of teaching while in class. Someone can make class funny while teaching something very important. Learning the names of certain objects (like periodic elements) by taking initials and learning those initial letters to make a sentence will definitely help students learn and answer correctly with ease in the exam, whick will also relieve their stress.