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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rose Hendricks
Rose is a PhD student in Cognitive Science at UC San Diego. Her work is focused on the role that metaphor shapes the way that we perceive and think about the world. When not thinking about thinking, she likes reading fiction, running, and handmaking greeting cards.
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