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Preparation of this paper, was supported by grant 1T32-HD07151 from the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development to the Center for Research in Human Learning. The author would like to thank Joe Blount, David Finkelman, Terry Gottfried, Leah Larkey and Jim Nead for their comments on an earlier version of this paper.

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Hoffman, R.R. On Metaphors, Myths, and Mind. Psychol Rec 29, 175–178 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03394604

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