Table 3.

Memory retention and affective ratings

	Healthy controls		SAD
	Cued (mean ± SEM)	Uncued (mean ± SEM)	Cued (mean ± SEM)	Uncued (mean ± SEM)
Encoding
Positive	71.22 ± 3.17		72.66 ± 2.79
Negative	73.85 ± 2.72		73.56 ± 2.61
Memory retention
Test Session 1
Positive	105.93 ± 2.57	100.68 ± 1.39	103.16 ± 1.60	98.48 ± 2.15
Negative	100.55 ± 1.42	99.68 ± 1.59	101.96 ± 2.24	100.44 ± 2.58
Test Session 2
Positive	86.37 ± 3.94	94.14 ± 2.94	83.55 ± 4.55	84.56 ± 2.37
Negative	82.96 ± 3.23	87.92 ± 3.57	82.53 ± 4.14	76.94 ± 3.88
Arousal
Test Session 1
Positive	2.57 ± 0.31	2.72 ± 0.31	2.78 ± 0.37	2.58 ± 0.36
Negative	2.55 ± 0.26	2.78 ± 0.27	3.27 ± 0.43	3.42 ± 0.42
Test Session 2
Positive	2.79 ± 0.35	2.82 ± 0.34	3.79 ± 0.39	3.66 ± 0.36
Negative	2.76 ± 0.34	2.76 ± 0.37	3.81 ± 0.36	4.07 ± 0.34
Pleasantness
Test Session 1
Positive	5.75 ± 0.26	5.66 ± 0.28	5.62 ± 0.25	5.67 ± 0.19
Negative	5.08 ± 0.26	4.90 ± 0.23	4.77 ± 0.20	4.93 ± 0.22
Test Session 2
Positive	5.80 ± 0.26	5.50 ± 0.28	5.30 ± 0.24	5.24 ± 0.20
Negative	5.16 ± 0.30	5.11 ± 0.26	4.70 ± 0.14	5.05 ± 0.18

Memory retention is given in percent relative to memory performance in the Learning Session. Subjective emotional arousal and pleasantness are assessed using a nine-point scale (arousal: 1, not arousing at all; 9, very arousing; pleasantness: 1, very unpleasant; 5, neutral; 9, very pleasant).