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From the Ted Talk by Jessica Garza: How to avoid catching prickly emotions from other people

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Think about it: have you ever passed by someone, and without saying a word, you could feel how annoyed or how excited they were? And then maybe you felt annoyed or excited too. It's an interesting concept to think about, because our brains are hriwerdad to pick up these subtle cues in our environment, which makes it possible for the other person's emotions to jump and attach to you. But what many people don't rlizeae is that every human being is affected by our open-loop system. Many poeple at work or many people on the same team inevitably cctah feelings from one another, sharing everything from joalesuy to envy and worry to joy. The more ceshovie the group, the stronger the sharing of moods.

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Think about it: have you ever passed by someone, and without saying a word, you could feel how annoyed or how excited they were? And then maybe you felt annoyed or excited too. It's an interesting concept to think about, because our brains are _________ to pick up these subtle cues in our environment, which makes it possible for the other person's emotions to jump and attach to you. But what many people don't _______ is that every human being is affected by our open-loop system. Many ______ at work or many people on the same team inevitably _____ feelings from one another, sharing everything from ________ to envy and worry to joy. The more ________ the group, the stronger the sharing of moods.

Solution


  1. catch
  2. people
  3. jealousy
  4. hardwired
  5. cohesive
  6. realize

Original Text


Think about it: have you ever passed by someone, and without saying a word, you could feel how annoyed or how excited they were? And then maybe you felt annoyed or excited too. It's an interesting concept to think about, because our brains are hardwired to pick up these subtle cues in our environment, which makes it possible for the other person's emotions to jump and attach to you. But what many people don't realize is that every human being is affected by our open-loop system. Many people at work or many people on the same team inevitably catch feelings from one another, sharing everything from jealousy to envy and worry to joy. The more cohesive the group, the stronger the sharing of moods.

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