Table 2.

Mean change (in εv) in a 500–700 ms window over posterior sensors for correctly recognized emotionally arousing and low arousal words that were encoded under threat of shock or safety, and recognized under threat of shock or safety, and new words tested under threat of shock or safety.(standard error of the mean).

Recognition Context
	Old words		New words
	Threat during encoding	Safe during encoding
Threat
Emotionally arousing words	2.46 (.49)	1.65 (.62)	1.02 (.62)
Low arousal words	1.75 (.44)	1.65 (.35)	1.33 (.38)
Safe
Emotionally arousing words	2.65 (.51)	1.33 (.55)	1.10 (.39)
Low arousal words	1.65 (.37)	1.42 (.37)	1.30 (.31)