Retrieving information involves accessing and bringing forth stored knowledge from our long-term memory. It is the process of recalling or recognizing previously encoded information.
Related terms
Recall vs Recognition: Recall involves retrieving information without any cues, while recognition involves identifying correct information from given options.
Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon (TOT): TOT occurs when we know that we know something, but we are temporarily unable to retrieve it from memory.
Context-dependent Memory: This refers to the phenomenon where retrieval of memories is more effective when done in similar contexts as when they were encoded.