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We predict that emotion would affect the pattern of responses given in<br />

the RKN and SSN task in the same direction. Therefore, we predict for<br />

negative items there will be a greater proportion of Remember than Know or<br />

New responses and a greater proportion of Same than Similar or New<br />

responses. We predict a greater proportion of Remember responses in the RKN<br />

task, and Same responses in the SSN task, will be given to negative than<br />

neutral items (cf. Kensinger et al, 2006). The degree to which the different<br />

categories of response are affected by emotion could provide some insight into<br />

any different memory processes being measured by these two tasks.<br />

Section 2.2. Method<br />

Design<br />

In this experiment we used a 2 x 2 mixed design with the within<br />

participants factor of emotion (negative, neutral) and the between participants<br />

factor of memory task (RKN, SSN). Participants were shown negative and<br />

neutral stimuli in a within-participant mixed-list design and were in either of<br />

the memory measurement groups.<br />

Participants<br />

Forty-eight participants (26 female) took part in this experiment. All<br />

were native English-speaking University of <strong>Nottingham</strong> students (mean age =<br />

20.88 years, SD = 2.14). Informed consent was obtained from all participants.<br />

Participants received an inconvenience allowance of £6 for their voluntary<br />

participation. The School of Psychology, University of <strong>Nottingham</strong> Ethics<br />

Committee gave approval for the study. Participants were randomly allocated<br />

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