Studies of counterfactual reasoning in English- and Chinese-speaking individuals have demonstrated that:
A) Chinese speakers cannot solve counterfactual reasoning problems
B) English speakers make more errors on counterfactual reasoning problems than Chinese speakers
C) even though the English and Chinese languages are so different, speakers of both languages reasoned in precisely the same way.
D) variations in materials and subjects in these studies have made it difficult to interpret the results

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The passage does not support options A, B, or C. It states that studies have been conducted on both English- and Chinese-speaking individuals, but the variations in materials and subjects have made it difficult to interpret the results, suggesting that there is no clear consensus on how different language speakers approach counterfactual reasoning problems.

Studies of Counterfactual Reasoning in English- and Chinese-Speaking Individuals Have