Analogical Thinking Introduction video reflection

The speaker in this video spoke about the benefits of analogical reasoning. I find his demonstration of using analogical reasoning to explain about a nanosecond interesting. From that demonstration, I feel that analogical thinking could also be a tool to make difficult concepts easily understood. Using analogical thinking, we could link difficult concepts with objects around us to help us see better. Not everyone learns the same way, thus one cannot expect someone to understand a concept right away with just reading the definition of the theory. Some people learn better through visualisation and that is when analogical thinking comes into play. A simple example would be how my math teacher taught my class addition back in kindergarten. After writing down the equation on the whiteboard, she would then use cookies to demonstrate why 1+1=2, 1+2=3 and so on. It made us understand the concept of addition better and made the lesson much more interesting. The human brain absorbs information much more easily when the learning process is enjoyable.