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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurobiol Aging. 2010 Dec 28;33(7):1298–1310. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.11.007

Table 2.

Mean behavioral responses by Age Group

M
SD
t (26)
Effect Size
Young Older Young Older Y vs. O Cohen’s D
Scanning
 % AMs 0.99 0.97 0.02 0.03 1.45 0.57
 Reaction Time (s) 6.55 8.68 2.11 3.62 −1.90 −0.72
 Reliving
  Rating 5.03 5.26 1.07 0.93 −0.62 −0.23
  Reaction Time (s) 2.49 2.96 0.60 0.66 −2.00 −0.75
 Emotion
  Rating 2.53 2.28 0.33 0.37 1.74 0.71
  Reaction Time (s) 2.14 2.67 0.67 0.63 −2.09 * −0.81
Post-Scanning Ratings
 Vividness 4.69 4.70 0.78 1.01 −0.42 −0.01
 Significance 3.00 3.23 0.79 0.95 −0.68 −0.26
 Physiological Response 2.31 1.73 0.99 0.77 1.74 0.65
 Perspective
  Own Eyes 5.78 5.44 0.83 0.91 −1.02 0.39
  Observer 2.37 2.38 0.92 0.90 0.05 −0.01
 Date of Memory (%)
  day 0.05 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.92 0.50
  week 0.09 0.06 0.06 0.05 1.50 0.54
  month 0.12 0.06 0.08 0.07 2.29 * 0.80
  year 0.26 0.15 0.09 0.08 3.20 *** 1.29
  5 years 0.25 0.13 0.11 0.09 2.93 ** 1.19
  10 years 0.14 0.15 0.08 0.11 −0.16 −0.10
  > 10 years 0.09 0.41 0.06 0.19 −6.07 **** −2.27
 Memory Type (%)
  Unique 0.81 0.62 0.15 0.19 2.96 ** 1.11
  Repeated 0.14 0.24 0.09 0.14 −2.22 * −0.85
  Extended 0.05 0.12 0.06 0.15 −1.66 −0.61
  Fact 0.002 0.02 0.01 0.03 −1.93 −0.80
Verbal Recall
 Episodic Richness (%) 0.72 0.51 0.09 0.17 4.05 **** 1.54
 Total Number of Details 17.10 19.15 3.22 7.02 −0.99 0.38
*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .005,

****

p < .0005