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of one second was displayed before and after each picture to aid with recording
of eye movements. After the practice participants’ eye movements were re-
calibrated and the main experiment began. Participants were presented with 48
scenes, of which one third each of the objects were negative, neutral or
positive. The same counterbalanced lists of experimental stimuli were used as
in Experiment 6. (For results of study phase ratings see meta-analysis in
Section 5.2, Chapter 5).
Test.
After an interval of 30 minutes, the test phase was conducted with
exactly the same procedure as in Experiment 6. At the time of debriefing 13
participants confirmed that the memory test was a surprise and 5 participants
were not sure. Overall memory performance from those who were not sure if
there was going to be a memory test was comparable to that of the rest of the
group.
Section 4.3. Results
Memory Results
Analysis of the memory data from Experiment 7 was conducted in the
same way as for Experiment 6 (See Table 4.3 and Figure 4.5). (For statistical
analysis of the responses given to different items see Appendix 4.1.) A 2 (scene
component) x 3 (emotion) repeated measures ANOVA on specific recognition
revealed a significant main effect of scene component with greater specific
recognition for the objects than backgrounds (F(1,17) = 22.63, MSE = 2.37,
p