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From the Ted Talk by Charles Limb: Building the musical muscle

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Now when we think of our senses, we don't usually think of the reasons why they probably evolved, from a biological perspective. We don't really think of the evolutionary need to be protected by our senses, but that's probably why our senses really evolved — to keep us safe, to allow us to live. Really when we think of our senses, or when we think of the loss of the sense, we really think about something more like this: the atibily to tcuoh something luxurious, to tsate something delicious, to smell something fragrant, to see something beautiful. This is what we want out of our senses. We want beauty; we don't just want function. And when it comes to sensory rttooraesin, we're still very far away from being able to provide beauty. And that's what I'd like to talk to you a little bit about toady.

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Now when we think of our senses, we don't usually think of the reasons why they probably evolved, from a biological perspective. We don't really think of the evolutionary need to be protected by our senses, but that's probably why our senses really evolved — to keep us safe, to allow us to live. Really when we think of our senses, or when we think of the loss of the sense, we really think about something more like this: the _______ to _____ something luxurious, to _____ something delicious, to smell something fragrant, to see something beautiful. This is what we want out of our senses. We want beauty; we don't just want function. And when it comes to sensory ___________, we're still very far away from being able to provide beauty. And that's what I'd like to talk to you a little bit about _____.

Solution


  1. restoration
  2. touch
  3. taste
  4. today
  5. ability

Original Text


Now when we think of our senses, we don't usually think of the reasons why they probably evolved, from a biological perspective. We don't really think of the evolutionary need to be protected by our senses, but that's probably why our senses really evolved — to keep us safe, to allow us to live. Really when we think of our senses, or when we think of the loss of the sense, we really think about something more like this: the ability to touch something luxurious, to taste something delicious, to smell something fragrant, to see something beautiful. This is what we want out of our senses. We want beauty; we don't just want function. And when it comes to sensory restoration, we're still very far away from being able to provide beauty. And that's what I'd like to talk to you a little bit about today.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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cochlear implant users 5

Important Words


  1. ability
  2. beautiful
  3. beauty
  4. biological
  5. bit
  6. delicious
  7. evolutionary
  8. evolved
  9. fragrant
  10. function
  11. live
  12. loss
  13. luxurious
  14. perspective
  15. protected
  16. provide
  17. reasons
  18. restoration
  19. safe
  20. sense
  21. senses
  22. sensory
  23. smell
  24. talk
  25. taste
  26. today
  27. touch