The general principle of encoding specificity states that retrieval of previously learned information is better when the context at the time of retrieval is similar to that at the time of encoding.

This study uses the encoding specificity principle (Tulving & Thomson, 1973) and the distinction between episodic and semantic knowledge to test predictions about the effects of processing goals and ...

The general principle of encoding specificity states that retrieval of previously learned information is better when the context at the time of retrieval is similar to that at the time of encoding.