Table 5.

Mean change from Session 1 to Session 5 in ratings on the autobiographical memory questionnaire as a function of Type of Memory, Retrieval Activity, and Retrieval Perspective (i.e. perspective adopted during retrieval in Sessions 1-4) in Experiment 2.

	First-Person Perspective				Third-Person Perspective				ANOVA F(1, 38)
AMQ Item	Cue-Word		Mini-Event		Cue-Word		Mini-Event
	R	NR	R	NR	R	NR	R	NR	Type	Activity	Perspective
Retrieval / Rehearsal
Thought or Talked	0.8	−0.8	1.3	−0.1	1.0	−1.4	1.4	−0.5	7.26**	32.18***	0.34
Perspective
First Person / Field	0.3	−0.5	−0.5	−1.5	−1.3	−1.9	−1.6	−1.7	4.57*	12.13***	12.20***
Third Person / Observer	−0.2	0.3	0.6	0.7	1.7	0.7	2.2	1.1	6.15*	4.16*	13.48***
Sensory
Visual Imagery (See It)	0.1	−1.0	−0.4	−1.2	−0.9	−1.3	−1.4	−1.4	3.70	13.28***	5.40*
Auditory Imagery (Hear It)	−1.0	−0.9	−0.6	−1.2	−1.1	−1.6	−1.1	−1.5	0.03	6.84*	1.26
Recollection
Travel Back in Time	−0.4	−0.7	−0.5	−1.1	−1.1	−1.3	−1.4	−1.8	3.55	7.22*	4.25*
Remember / Know	−0.1	−0.4	−0.4	−1.1	−0.7	−1.7	−0.9	−1.1	1.13	12.59***	5.00*
Reliving	−0.2	−0.9	−0.6	−1.8	−0.8	−1.7	−1.4	−1.6	5.23*	15.70***	4.58*
Belief
Real / Imagined	−0.2	−0.5	−0.2	−1.2	−0.2	−0.7	−0.7	−0.8	6.55*	4.31*	0.11
Persuaded Wrong	−0.1	0.5	−0.2	1.1	0.1	0.8	0.3	0.9	1.52	19.30***	0.60
Emotions
Same Strength of Emotion	−0.2	−1.0	−1.2	−1.8	−0.9	−1.5	−1.6	−1.8	12.63***	10.19**	3.20
Positivity of Emotions	−0.1	−0.4	−0.4	−0.7	−0.3	−1.0	−0.9	−0.8	2.80	5.24*	1.39
Negativity of Emotions	−0.4	−0.1	−0.3	−0.2	−0.5	−0.8	−0.7	−0.6	0.01	0.29	2.28
Intensity of Emotions	−0.1	−0.7	−0.4	−0.5	−0.5	−0.9	−0.8	−0.9	0.39	6.13	2.26

Note:

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001

R = Retrieval; NR = No Retrieval.