@article{ref1,
title="Augmenting Context-Dependent Memory",
journal="Journal of cognitive engineering and decision making",
year="2007",
author="Proffitt, Dennis R. and O'Hargan, SP and Stefanucci, Jeanine K.",
volume="1",
number="4",
pages="391-404",
abstract="The goal of this study was to design a human-computer interface that would increase the memorability of information presented by providing context as compared with memory with no context. Our focus was in augmenting context-dependent memory because it is a powerful and often unexploited characteristic of human cognition. To amplify this cognitive strength, we built the InfoCockpit, which included a large screen containing projected images of places, a three-dimensional surround-sound system that played ambient noises congruent with the projected images, and a flat-panel monitor that served as the focal display for the presentation of the to-be-remembered information. Participants in our study learned and recalled information in either the InfoCockpit or a standard desktop environment. The InfoCockpit group demonstrated a 131% memory advantage. Contextual factors that were previously found to be effective in isolation created a large effect when presented in combination.<p />",
language="",
issn="1555-3434",
doi="10.1518/155534307X264870",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1518/155534307X264870"
}