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Table 2.

Experiment 1. Example session structure.

Task conditions and object types	No. of blocks	Block type	Trials presented
General instructions and practice task	–	–	–

Task 1 – SC condition^b (S1: Vehicles, C2: Books)	–	Instructions and cued repetition
	1	Practice	Vehicle (simple)
	1	Practice	Books (complex)
	5^a	Standard	Vehicles (simple)
	5^a	Standard	Books (complex)
	5^a	Mixed form	Vehicles (simple)
	5^a	Mixed form	Books (complex, simple)
	–	Cued recall

Task 2 – CC condition^b (C1: Faces, C2: Animals)	–	Instructions and cued repetition
	1	Practice	Faces (complex)
	1	Practice	Animals (complex)
	5^a	Standard	Faces (complex)
	5^a	Standard	Animals (complex)
	5^a	Mixed form	Faces (complex, simple)
	5^a	Mixed form	Animals (complex, simple)
	–	Cued recall

Task 3 – SS condition^b (S1: Coins, S2: Clocks)	–	Instructions and cued repetition
	1	Practice	Coins (simple)
	1	Practice	Clocks (simple)
	5^a	Standard	Coins (simple)
	5^a	Standard	Clocks (simple)
	5^a	Mixed form	Coins (simple)
	5^a	Mixed form	Clocks (simple)
	–	Cued recall

Task 4 – CS condition^b (C1: Words, S2: Cards)	–	Instructions and cued repetition
	1	Practice	Words (complex)
	1	Practice	Cards (simple)
	5^a	Standard	Words (complex)
	5^a	Standard	Cards (simple)
	5^a	Mixed form	Words (complex, simple)
	5^a	Mixed form	Cards (simple)
	–	Cued recall

Cattell culture fair test	–	–	–

Within each sub-task, standard and mixed form blocks were interleaved, in random order.

SS – simple–simple; SC – simple–complex; CS – complex–simple; CC – complex–complex.