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People are very good at making analogies: our brains can very quickly see similarities between two things and then draw comparisons. We're so good at it that we do it unconsciously. Marie-Anne Markey (KU Leuven), with the help of Boris Johnson & Jane Austen, explains how this can be seen in our language...
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