Table 1.
Summary of trial types in experiments 1 and 2
| First cue: defines rule (±modality) | Second cue: defines action |
| Specified: 1, 2 (height) | Apply rule: 4 targets |
| Apply rule: 2 targets | |
| Rule irrelevant: 1 target specified | |
| Specified: 4, 5 (color) | Apply rule: 4 targets |
| Apply rule: 2 targets | |
| Rule irrelevant: 1 target specified | |
| Choose: 3 (height) | Apply rule: 4 targets |
| Apply rule: 2 targets | |
| Rule irrelevant: 1 target specified | |
| Choose: 6 (color) | Apply rule: 4 targets |
| Apply rule: 2 targets | |
| Rule irrelevant: 1 target specified | |
| No-rule: 7 | Choose action: 4 targets |
| Choose action: 2 targets | |
| Specified action: 1 target | |
| Null event: 8 | Null |
Note: The left hand column numbers refer to the rule cue types listed in the methods section. Heights were used in both experiments 1 and 2, but colors only in experiment 1.