Table 1.
Description of the coding categories used in scoring the modified Galton–Crovitz cue word paradigm. Examples are provided for each category (episodic/external), and subcomponent (Event, Time, Place, etc.).
| Category | Description | Example | |
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| Episodic | Event | Activities, occurrences, actions, people present, reactions in others | Me and my mum went My Nan made me eat some fish He started to have this seizure |
| Time | Times, dates, days, seasons, years, indications of temporal order of events, frequencies, durations | That was at 8:30 On the Sunday For a few more seconds |
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| Place | Details pertaining to location including country, city/town, area, building, room, area within room, relative positioning to other people/objects | In the Gower To the Aquarium The outside tables |
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| Perceptual | Information perceived from sensory processes. Derived from but not limited to information regarding surroundings, individuals present, other's emotions, distances, weather, temperature. | Which were about an inch thick It was quite windy They were a bit sticky |
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| Emotion/Thought | Feelings and cognitive processes that occurred within the episode | I wasn't planning on doing That really creeped me out I was quite impressed with my mum |
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| External | Semantic | General and self-related knowledge, facts, opinions | Obviously cats go out on their own He's not got a house at the moment It's one of my favourite cities in the world |
| Categorical | Any details (event, time, place, perceptual, emotion/thought) regarding repeated episodes of the same activity | When my mother-in-law goes away We get baguettes there whenever we go It's just we sit there and it's always a really awkward conversation |
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| Extended | Any details (event, time, place, perceptual, emotion/thought) regarding an episode that lasts for longer than 1 day or 24 h | We were there for about a week I think, we stayed in a hotel I'm not having a good run of luck with phones at the moment |
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| Repetitions | Details that have been mentioned previously within the episode | N/A | |
| Tangential | Details not related to the main episode or have a weak connection | N/A | |
| Other | Details not covered by other categories, including (but not limited to) retrospective comments about the episode or metacognitive statements | Thinking back on it's quite embarrassing It's probably not my most positive memory This is bad that I've forgotten already |
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