State cues mean that if we are not in the same physical and emotional state as we were when the learning happened, we may not be able to access the memory. Examples of state cues include – happiness, fear or even being drunk! Supporting evidence.

What are context dependent cues?

Context dependent cues are environmental cues which aid in accessing the memories formed in a certain context. It has been demonstrated that the recall of specific episodes and information improves when the context present when retrieving, is the same as when the information was encoded.

What is state-dependent learning in psychology?

State-dependent memory or state-dependent learning is the phenomenon where people remember more information if their physical or mental state is the same at time of encoding and time of recall.