Table 3.
Familiar spatial environments | Unfamiliar spatial environments |
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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).