When people feel grief over the death of someone close to them, they may be reminded of other times of great loss. This type of memory is known as

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State-dependent memory occurs when the emotional or physical state of a person during memory encoding matches their state during memory recall, making the memory more accessible. Grief can trigger memories of past losses because the emotional state (grief) during the encoding of the new loss matches the emotional state during the encoding of past losses.

When People Feel Grief Over the Death of Someone Close