Table 1 Recall performance in percent for the Standard, the Arousing Background and the Color condition. Values are means across all 18 subjects, SDs are given in brackets. VRI indexes the Von-Restorff-index, computed by subtracting the recall percentage for Standard words from the emotional or color recall percentage.
From: Memory recall in arousing situations – an emotional von Restorff effect?
Condition | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Standard Pos 5–8 | Arousing Background | Color | |
Recall | 38.4 (10.1) | 39.9 (11.0) | 45.3 (11.6) |
VRI | 1.5 (9.2) | 6.9 (8.7) | |