Table 3.
Mean and median ratings for subjective phenomenological qualities and objective Autobiographical Interview scores during the retrieval of events in session three.
| Event type | Phenomenological quality | |||||
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| Vividnessaª | Emotionaª | Personal significanceaª | First-person perspectiveb | Internal details | External details | |
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| Younger adults | ||||||
| Realc | 4.2 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 0.88 (0.21) | 29.97 (16.24) | 8.67 (5.13) |
| Conjunction errors | 3.83 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 (0.00) | 20.07 (14.14) | 11.13 (11.16) |
| Imaginedc | 3.00 | 1.73 | 1.37 | 0.73 (0.31) | 14.02 (7.05) | 7.84 (7.96) |
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| Older adults | ||||||
| Realc | 4.45 | 3.50 | 3.45 | 0.88 (0.22) | 20.96 (7.92) | 19.89 (11.95) |
| Conjunction errors | 3.11 | 2.43 | 2.49 | 0.74 (0.35) | 12.41 (7.58) | 14.72 (10.71) |
| Imaginedc | 2.5 | 2.17 | 2.13 | 0.74 (0.39) | 7.67 (3.19) | 11.30 (5.10) |
a
Medians, rating scale ranges from 1 (low) to 5 (high).
b
Proportion events.
c
Correctly-identified. Standard deviations are provided in parentheses.