A researcher asks a participant to organize a series of pictures in temporal sequence.The person organizes the pictures so that the temporal sequence goes from right to left.Which of the following most likely describes the participant?
A) His native language has a writing system that goes from left to right.
B) He is facing south and conceptualizes time as going from east to west.
C) He sees time as going from south to north, and is currently facing west.
D) He uses two spatial markers on his body-his head and his feet-to indicate how time passes.
E) He conceptualizes time as going from east to west and is facing north.

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The participant organizes the pictures from right to left, which suggests he conceptualizes time as moving from east to west. Facing north would align this conceptualization with the right-to-left arrangement.

A Researcher Asks a Participant to Organize a Series of Pictures