Table 2.

Recall and Selectivity

	Younger adults	Older adults
Study 1
Selectivity index (SI)	0.75 (0.12)	0.54 (0.28)
Total_Recall	0.47 (0.04)	0.32 (0.08)
Recall_TBR high	0.77 (0.12)	0.60 (0.18)
Recall_TBR low	0.64 (0.19)	0.37 (0.16)
Recall_TBF	0.02 (0.04)	0.06 (0.11)
Study 2
Selectivity index (SI)	0.73 (0.11)	0.48 (0.31)
Total_Recall	0.44 (0.10)	0.29 (0.09)
Recall_TBR high	0.77 (0.12)	0.53 (0.21)
Recall_TBR low	0.59 (0.19)	0.32 (0.16)
Recall_TBF	0.01 (0.02)	0.06 (0.08)
Recall_Positive	0.10 (0.03)	0.12 (0.06)
Recall_Negative	0.09 (0.03)	0.10 (0.05)

Note. Standard deviations are enclosed within parentheses. Data for Study 2 were collapsed across random and negative conditions. Total_Recall equals the average proportion of words recalled for each word list. Recall_TBF equals the proportion of words recalled valued −6 to −1. Recall_TBR High equals the proportion of words recalled valued +8 to +12. Recall_TBR Low equals the proportion of words recalled valued +1 to +7.