Table 3.

Example mentalizing items

		Logical inference	Mental state inference	Incoherent
Example 1	Sentence 1 (Context)	Jane took out the house keys.	Jane read about the increase in crime.	Jane had a fancy pencil case.
	Sentence 2 (Action)	She locked the front door that day.	She locked the front door that day.	She locked the front door that day.
Example 2	Sentence 1 (Context)	Mark turned down the music at home.	Mark received the bad news at home.	Mark was too short to reach the shelf.
	Sentence 2 (Action)	His apartment got much quieter that day.	His apartment got much quieter that day.	His apartment got much quieter that day.

Two example items in the three inference type conditions (logical, mental state, and incoherent). The first sentence (context) varies across inference type conditions, but the second sentence (action) is identical across inference type conditions.