2 rests previously used separately in investigating Africans' cognitive skills, both imply that they examine ways in which Ss infer 3-dimensional properties from (2-dimensional) lines on paper. These tests were given to 2 separate samples of Nigerian adults, yielding zero correlations. Some implications are discussed.
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