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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 18.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Neurosci. 2011;6(0):569–581. doi: 10.1080/17470919.2011.620774

Table 1.

Examples of vignettes

Condition Vignette Question
False Belief David knows that Ethan is very scared of spiders. Ethan, alone in the attic, sees a shadow move and thinks it is a burglar. David hears Ethan cry for help. David assumes that Ethan thinks he has seen _____.
a spider a burglar
False Photograph Amy made a drawing of a tree house three years ago. That was before the storm. We build a new tree house last summer, but we painted it red instead of blue. The tree house in Amy’s drawing is _____.
red blue
Simple Reading A lemon tree can grow up to 20 ft, but they are usually smaller. The branches are thorny, and the leaves are green and shiny. Flowers are white on the outside with a violet streaked interior. The flower of a lemon tree is _____ on the outside.
white violet