Explicit and implicit memories may involve different brain systems. Clustering Items recalled from long-term memory are clustered or grouped. The clustering is based on some logical association between the items. In this model, each concept is linked with a set of others, which are in turn linked to still others. The concepts and their links form a network.
Some linkages are stronger than others.
When a concept is activated, the activation can spread to linked concepts, activating them. The shorter and stronger the chain of linkages, the more quickly one concept leads to another. Retrieval Cues Retrieval is the process of putting the contents of long-term memory into working memory. Retrieval often depends on a retrieval cue, a hint or prompt that triggers the memory. When you are unable to recall information due to missing, inadequate or inappropriate cues you are experiencing retrieval cue failure.