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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 26.
Published in final edited form as: Cogn Psychol. 2009 Mar 20;59(1):67–95. doi: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2009.02.001

TABLE 2.

Representative set of the stimuli presented in Experiment 2

Familiarization Contrast Test
Familiar Scene Novel Scene
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Man waving balloon (4 consecutive exemplars) Man playing toy saxophone Man waving balloon Man waving balloon Man waving rake
Verb: “Look, the man is larping a balloon!” Verb: Uh-oh! He’s not larping that. Verb: Yay! He is larping that. Verb: “Now look, they’re different! (Baseline)
 “Which one is he larping?” (Response)
Noun: “Look, the man is waving a larp!” Noun: Uh-oh! That’s not a larp! Noun: Yay! That is a larp! Noun: “Now look, they’re different! (Baseline)
 “Which one is a larp?” (Response)
No Word: “Look at this!” No Word: Uh-oh! Look at that. No Word: Yay! Look at this. No Word: “Now look, they’re different! (Baseline)
 “What do you see now?” (Response)