brain area is like a junction box

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An example of a simile in popular science writing:

"[Helen] Mayberg's sense of Area 25 is that it's like a 'junction box' for the parts of the brain that work together to mitigate the effects of negative mood and depression."

Lauren Slater

Slater, L. (2018). The Drugs That Changed Our Minds. Simon & Schuster.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.