Table 1.

Variables Used in Study

Variable	Brief Description of Rating Scale Experiments
	Recollection and Belief
Reliving	I am reliving the original event.
Back in Time	I travel back to the time when it happened.
Remember/Know	I remember it rather than just knowing it happened.
Real/Imagine	I believe the event in my memory really occurred.
	Component Processes
See	I can see it in my mind.
Setting	I can recall the setting where it occurred.
Hear	I can hear it in my mind.
Talk	I or other people are talking.
In Words	It comes to me in words.
Story	It comes to me as a coherent story.
Emotions	I can feel now the emotions that I felt then.
	Reported Properties of Events or Memories
Importance	It is significant for my life.
Rehearsal	I have thought or talked about this event.
Once/Many	It occurred once at one particular time.
Merged/Extended	A merging of events versus an extended event.
Age of Memory	Please date the memory (month/day/year).

Note: All measures are seven point rating scales anchored at extremes, except for once/many. merged/extended, and age of memory, which is converted to days reported since the event.