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Letter: Letter

Published 26 September 1998

From Judith Andrews

It seems a little odd that scientists should be devoting time to finding out
if nonverbal thinking is a useful tool. Surely we must be the only mammals that
indulge in verbal thinking—the rest seem to get along perfectly well
without it.

Windermere, Cumbria

Issue no. 2153 published 26 September 1998

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