Table 2.

Ratings of subjective experience of psychological processes.

	Truth tellers				Liars
	Sequential		Reverse		Sequential		Reverse
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Cognitive load
Overall, how easy or difficult did you find the interview?	2.20	1.10	3.75	2.06	3.40	1.82	3.60	1.14
Convincing
How convincing do you think you were during the interview?	4.80	1.92	3.50	1.73	4.20	1.10	4.80	2.39
Nervousness
How nervous did you feel during the interview?	3.20	1.48	5.00	1.41	4.80	2.17	4.80	1.79
Mental imagery
Please rate how easy or difficult it was for you to answer the following question during the interview: “Did you, at any point during your planning, evoke a mental image of the future event?”	3.20	0.84	3.75	0.96	4.80	1.64	4.00	1.58
To what extent did you form a mental image of your errand during the planning phase?*	5.60	1.14	5.25	1.71	4.60	0.89	6.25	0.96
To what extent was your mental image characterized by…*
Visual information?	5.80	0.84	5.75	0.96	5.60	0.89	6.00	1.41
Auditory information?	3.40	2.07	2.00	0.82	3.00	1.41	5.00	1.63
Smell?	1.00	0.00	1.00	0.00	1.40	0.55	2.00	1.15
Taste?	2.20	2.68	1.00	0.00	1.40	0.55	1.75	0.96
To what extent was your mental image characterized by clarity with respect to…*
Where objects were located in your mental image?	6.20	0.84	5.00	1.41	5.20	0.84	4.50	2.65
Where people were located in your mental image?	4.40	1.82	2.75	1.50	4.60	2.07	6.00	0.82
The following of one event after another in time?	5.00	1.00	4.25	0.96	4.40	1.82	5.50	1.29
To sum up your experience during planning phase how clearly did you imagine yourself doing the future event?	5.80	1.64	4.75	1.50	4.20	1.48	4.75	2.22

*Liars were asked to describe their cover story; truth tellers were asked to describe their intention.

*One truth-teller in the sequential order condition did not respond to the mental imagery questions.