For instance, when shown the word 'dessert' in writing, M.P. exclaimed, 'Oooh, I like that!' When shown the word 'asparagus' moments later, however, her response was rather different. 'I'm not doing this word! Something's upsetting me about this word!' she exclaims. Nor have these intuitions been without utility. S.P. [M.P.'s mother] relates a recent anecdote in which, during an afternoon therapy session, her daughter was shown 2 letters from the mailbox at home. Nonplussed, M.P. quickly handed one letter back to her mother and tucked the other into her purse, saying, 'This is my friend, and this is your friend.' When asked who these friends were, she could not say, but their names nevertheless provoked an emotional response that served as a powerful contextual clue.