Figure 1.

Stimuli for Experiments 1 and 2. Each trial featured two open boxes and one closed box. (A) In the scalar condition, the open boxes depicted Big Bird (on the left), Cookie Monster (on the right) and a set of cookies. Participants were asked to “Give me the box where Cookie Monster has some of the cookies.” (B) In the number condition, the open boxes contained sets of fish. Participants were asked to “Give me the box with two fish.”