After adjustment for baseline verbal episodic memory scores , lonelier people within the placebo condition had poorer verbal episodic memory postsupplementation , as measured by immediate ( b = -0.28 , t ( 117 ) = -2.62 , p = .010 ) and long-delay ( b = -0.06 , t ( 116 ) = -2.07 , p = .040 ) free recall , than their less lonely counterparts .