Everyone is familiar with this sort of experience. For example, hearing a favorite song may remind you of where you were when you first heard it. We are therefore likely to best recall what is most important to us and has received our attention . Schacter emphasizes that memories may be most easily recalled when they have already been associated with many different contexts. Properties of a given retrieval cue may influence what we can recall about the past.
Elaboration is the process of converting a current experience into a specific memory.