Retrieving Information

Definition

Retrieving information involves accessing and bringing forth stored knowledge from our long-term memory. It is the process of recalling or recognizing previously encoded information.

Related terms

Recall vs Recognition: Recall involves retrieving information without any cues, while recognition involves identifying correct information from given options.

Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon (TOT): TOT occurs when we know that we know something, but we are temporarily unable to retrieve it from memory.

Context-dependent Memory: This refers to the phenomenon where retrieval of memories is more effective when done in similar contexts as when they were encoded.