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1.66, MSE = 1.32, p < .21, partial eta 2 = .09] and neither was the interaction<br />

between emotion and task type [F(4,66) = 0.76, MSE = 2.82, p < .55, partial eta 2<br />

= .04]. Planned contrasts of the main effect of emotion revealed no significant<br />

difference in the recognition of neutral and emotional items [F(1,33) = 2.87, p =<br />

.10]. There was greater recognition of positive than negative items which was<br />

approaching significance [F(1,33) = 3.50, p = .07].<br />

Planned contrasts were also conducted on each of the recognition tasks<br />

separately. This revealed that for the task of straightforward recognition there<br />

was no significant difference between for recognition of emotional and neutral<br />

items [F(1,11) = 0.76, p = .40] nor between positive and negative items [F(1,11) =<br />

0.07, p = .80]. For recognition followed by a confidence judgement there was<br />

significantly greater recognition for emotional than neutral items (F(1,11) = 7.05,<br />

p < .05) and significantly greater recognition of positive than negative items<br />

(F(1,11) = 7.05, p < .05). For recognition followed by a RKN judgement there<br />

was no significant difference between for recognition of emotional and neutral<br />

items [F(1,11) = 0.01, p = .95] nor between positive and negative items [F(1,11) =<br />

1.08, p = .32].<br />

The pattern of results found when analyzing the first block only is<br />

different from that when analyzing performance across all three blocks.<br />

However, the null effects of the ANOVA analysis must be interpreted with<br />

caution as the variances are greater due to the small number of participants in<br />

each between participants group (12).<br />

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