Table 3.
Mean percent recalled in Experiment 1 and Experiment 2.
| Positive
|
Neutral
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-arousal | Low-arousal | High-arousal | Low-arousal | |
| Experiment 1 | ||||
| Younger | 24.3 (1.9)a | 19.8 (1.7)a | - | 15.8 (1.7) |
| Older | 17.7 (2.0)a | 18.7 (1.8)a | - | 12.6 (1.8) |
| Experiment 2 | ||||
| Younger | 12.4 (1.7)ab | 13.6 (1.6)ab | 7.8 (1.2) | 7.9 (1.0) |
| Older | 17.8 (1.3)ab | 16.1 (1.6)ab | 8.5 (1.2) | 11.0 (1.4) |
Standard errors in parentheses. High-arousal neutral pictures were not used in Experiment 1.
a
Significantly greater than recall of low-arousal neutral pictures, p ≤ .001.
b
Significantly greater than recall of high-arousal neutral pictures, p ≤ .001.