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. 2010 Jun 25;107(27):12116–12120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0914044107

Table 1.

Measures of spatial language

Measure Description
Mentioning a ground Does the participant mention the ground of the spatial relationship (e.g., a wall?)
Simultaneous mention of figure and ground Does the participant simultaneously articulate the figure (e.g., token) relative to the ground (e.g., wall)?
Mentioning the red wall Does the participant explicitly mention the red wall?
Consistency of placement of the red wall Across four trials does the participant locate the red wall in a consistent location?
Consistency in marking left–right relations Across four trials does the participant locate left and right spatial relationships consistently?