The very unusual experiment performed by Godden and Baddeley (1975),which included having participants wear scuba diving equipment underwater,was an attempt to examine the phenomenon of:
A) somatosensory memory.
B) the effects of enhanced nitrogen on the hippocampus.
C) the effect of context on memory.
D) memory performance when controlling for extraneous auditory stimuli.

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The experiment performed by Godden and Baddeley aimed to examine the effect of context on memory. Participants were asked to learn a list of words either on land or underwater while wearing scuba diving equipment. The results showed that participants recalled more words when they were tested in the same environment where they had learned the words. This study provided empirical evidence for the phenomenon of context-dependent memory.

The Very Unusual Experiment Performed by Godden and Baddeley (1975),which