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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychologia. 2009 Jun 11;47(13):2790–2797. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.06.002

Table 1.

Reasoning Problem Types

Determinate (40) Indeterminate (20)
Valid (20) Inconsistent (20)
Familiar (40) Africa is bigger then Europe.
Asia is bigger than Africa.
Europe is not as big as Asia.		 Africa is bigger than Europe.
Asia is bigger than Africa.
Asia is not as big as Europe		 The Earth is dimmer than the sun.
The sun is brighter than Mars.
The Earth is brighter than Mars.
Unfamiliar
Content (40) 		Ralph is braver then Celia.
Celia is braver than Tim.
Ralph is braver than Tim.		 Ralph is braver than Celia.
Celia is braver than Tim.
Tim is braver than Ralph.		 Bert is older than Tom.
Bert is older than Sal.
Tom is not as old as Sal.