TABLE 2.
Comparison of participants’ contribution to procedural discourse
| Participants with amnesia
|
Comparison participants
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Sandwich | ||||
| Total time (seconds) | 59.0 | 33.9 | 80.7 | 38.4 |
| Total words | 108.6 | 68.7 | 125.4 | 54.5 |
| T-units | 8.3 | 3.4 | 9.6 | 3.8 |
| Total steps | 11.0 | 5.3 | 10.2 | 3.7 |
| Essential steps | 3.4 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 0.9 |
| Shopping | ||||
| Total time (seconds) | 103.7 | 38.9 | 128.9 | 37.9 |
| Total words | 206.2 | 125.6 | 247.7 | 109.2 |
| Total T-units | 15.1 | 7.6 | 17.3 | 5.7 |
| Total steps | 16.6 | 7.4 | 18.6 | 7.3 |
| Essential steps | 2.7 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 0.9 |
| Tyre | ||||
| Total time (seconds) | 98.9 | 42.4 | 138.7 | 58.1 |
| Total words | 201.8 | 135.4 | 275.0 | 112.7 |
| T-units | 18.8 | 9.6 | 21.0 | 9.5 |
| Total steps | 18.1 | 7.3 | 20.0 | 6.6 |
| Essential steps | 3.9 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 0.7 |