THIS IS A DEMO EXPERIMENT; NO DATA WILL BE COLLECTED.
In this experiment, you will see pictures of four different people for four seconds. During this time, pay attention to all of the people that you see. After four seconds, a box will appear around one of the people, and an incomplete sentence will appear about that person. Your job is to complete the sentence about that person.
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Instructions:
Remember, first you will see four people. Pay attention to all four people until a red box appears around one of the people. When the red box appears, you will see an incomplete sentence below the pictures.
The sentence that you see is about the picture with the box around it. Your job is to finish the sentence using only a few words. Please avoid using descriptions of the person's position relative to other characters.
Press "Example" to view a practice example!
Example:
Here is an example. You might see four people like this:
And then after four seconds, a red box appears, like this:
Allen has .
Remember, your job is to complete the sentence using just a few words.
For example, you might complete this sentence by typing "an orange", so that the sentence reads "Allen has an orange."
Please avoid using descriptions of the person's position relative to other characters. So, for example, do not complete the sentence by saying "second to the right".
Press "Start" to begin!
Please answer a few questions about yourself.
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