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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychology. 2009 Sep;23(5):619–626. doi: 10.1037/a0015810

Table 3.

Complete List of Arguments Used in the Study

Familiar spatial environments Unfamiliar spatial environments
Cambodia is west of Vietnam Buffalo are trailing deer
Vietnam is west of Japan Deer are trailing caribou
Cambodia is east of Japan Caribou are trailing buffalo
Estonia is east of Latvia The plates are over the napkins
Latvia is east of Russia The cups are over the plates
Estonia is east of Russia The napkins are under the cups
Brazil is situated south of Peru Tailors are standing to one side of lawyers
Argentina is situated north of Brazil Lawyers are standing to one side of barbers
Peru is situated south of Argentina Tailors are standing to the other side of barbers
Austria is east of Switzerland The teacher is in front of the blackboard
Switzerland is east of France The blackboard is in front of the desk
Austria is east of France The teacher is in front of the desk
Spain is south of England Children are seated to the right of adults
Scotland is north of Spain Infants are seated to the right of adults
England is south of Scotland Infants are seated to the left of children

Note. Adjacent arguments are matched for validity and determinacy (see text). Familiar spatial arguments appearing in italics are congruent, else incongruent (see text).