After he had a few beers, Larry reorganized the closet where he kept his sporting equipment. The next day, he could not find his tennis racquet. However, the following weekend, after having a few beers, Larry remembered where he put his racquet, an example of _____.

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State-dependent memory refers to the phenomenon in which memory retrieval is better when a person's internal state during retrieval matches their internal state during encoding. In this scenario, Larry's internal state (having a few beers) during retrieval matched his internal state during encoding the memory of where he put his tennis racquet, leading to his successful retrieval of the memory.

After He Had a Few Beers, Larry Reorganized the Closet