Experimental design. A. Participants studied overlapping (AB, BC) and non-overlapping (XY) object pairs while undergoing high-resolution functional MRI. B. Each object pair was presented three times. Trials were randomly intermixed with a restriction that overlapping pairs from the same ABC triad were presented in an interleaved manner (AB1, BC1, AB2, BC2, AB3, BC3). C. Memory tests. After scanning, participants’ memory for studied pairs (AB, BC, XY) as well as inferential (AC) relationships was tested using 2-alternative forced-choice.