Orienting task phase
The experiment was conducted with a group of participants under
incidental memory conditions. The participants were informed that the
task was a pilot test to gather information about the Japanese language.
The task was explained with examples of slides on a screen in front of
the classroom. The orienting instructions were: βA Kanji word is shown
on the screen.β βOn each slide (pointing to the example on the
screen), your task is to recall episodes you have experienced in the
past but not say anything.β Each participant performed the tasks on
each slide on the orientation list with a 5 s per slide time limit.