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From the Ted Talk by Frederick Streeter Barrett: The neuroscience of psychedelic drugs, music and nostalgia

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But as poewrufl as it is in the moment, the salve of music-evoked ntlioasga eventually fades. Nostalgia may be more of a Band-Aid, less of an antibiotic and typically far from a surgical intervention for our emaotniol health. Music can draw out nostalgia and music and nostalgia can move our feelings, but how do we make these feelings stick?

After studying the nostalgic brain, I joined a team at Johns hknopis University that was snyiudtg the effects of psychedelic drgus, and I qkiculy began to lraen how deeply a piece of music could impact a poresn during a psychedelic experience. I was previously vexed by the difficulty in predicting precisely what musical stimulus would evoke precisely what response within a given individual. A song that evokes nostalgia in one person could just as eisaly evoke disinterest or disgust in another person. I began to learn how depley most music seemed to impact most people during psychedelic experiences.

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But as ________ as it is in the moment, the salve of music-evoked _________ eventually fades. Nostalgia may be more of a Band-Aid, less of an antibiotic and typically far from a surgical intervention for our _________ health. Music can draw out nostalgia and music and nostalgia can move our feelings, but how do we make these feelings stick?

After studying the nostalgic brain, I joined a team at Johns _______ University that was ________ the effects of psychedelic _____, and I _______ began to _____ how deeply a piece of music could impact a ______ during a psychedelic experience. I was previously vexed by the difficulty in predicting precisely what musical stimulus would evoke precisely what response within a given individual. A song that evokes nostalgia in one person could just as ______ evoke disinterest or disgust in another person. I began to learn how ______ most music seemed to impact most people during psychedelic experiences.

Solution


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  5. studying
  6. quickly
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  8. hopkins
  9. person
  10. nostalgia
  11. powerful

Original Text


But as powerful as it is in the moment, the salve of music-evoked nostalgia eventually fades. Nostalgia may be more of a Band-Aid, less of an antibiotic and typically far from a surgical intervention for our emotional health. Music can draw out nostalgia and music and nostalgia can move our feelings, but how do we make these feelings stick?

After studying the nostalgic brain, I joined a team at Johns Hopkins University that was studying the effects of psychedelic drugs, and I quickly began to learn how deeply a piece of music could impact a person during a psychedelic experience. I was previously vexed by the difficulty in predicting precisely what musical stimulus would evoke precisely what response within a given individual. A song that evokes nostalgia in one person could just as easily evoke disinterest or disgust in another person. I began to learn how deeply most music seemed to impact most people during psychedelic experiences.

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