Fig 1.
Schematic illustration of the experimental procedure of Experiment 1 following the serial-recall training trials.
The happy mood-induction procedure is illustrated.
Fig 2.
Mean PANAS scores as a function of induced mood and time of testing.
PANAS scores can range from 10 to 50 points. The error bars represent the standard errors of the means. (A) Positive-affect scores of Experiment 1. (B) Negative-affect scores of Experiment 2. (C) Positive-affect scores of Experiment 3. (D) Negative-affect scores of Experiment 4.
Table 1.
Means and standard deviations of the SAM ratings of the mood-inducing music (Experiment 1, 2) and pictures (Experiment 3, 4).
Fig 3.
Proportion of correct responses in serial recall as a function of distractor condition and mood.
The error bars represent the standard errors of the means. (A) Results of Experiment 1. (B) Results of Experiment 2. (C) Results of Experiment 3. (D) Results of Experiment 4.
Table 2.
Means and standard deviations of the normative ratings of the picture sets taken from the IAPS [70].
Fig 4.
Schematic illustration of the experimental procedure of Experiment 3 following the serial-recall training trials.
Fig 5.
Proportion of correct responses in serial recall for the combined data of all four experiments.
The proportion of correct responses is presented as a function of distractor condition and valence of induced mood. The error bars represent the standard errors of the means.