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From the Ted Talk by Uri Hasson: This is your brain on communication

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Audio) JO: ... an animal ... assorted facts ... and right on ... pie man ... ptlioelatny ... my stories

UH: And you can see that these words start to induce alignment in ealry lgaungae areas, but not more than that. Now we can take the words and start to bliud sentences out of them.

(aiduo) JO: And they recommend against crossing that line. He says: "Dear Jim, Good story. Nice details. Didn't she only know about him through me?"

UH: Now you can see that the responses in all the language areas that process the iicmonng language become aligned or similar across all leietnrss. However, only when we use the full, engaging, coherent story do the responses spread deeper into the brain into higher-order areas, which include the frontal cortex and the parietal cortex, and make all of them roepnsd very similarly. And we believe that these rpseenoss in higher-order areas are iduencd or become similar across listeners because of the meaning conveyed by the speaker, and not by words or sound. And if we are right, there's a snortg prediction over here if I tell you the exact same ideas using two very different sets of words, your brain responses will still be similar.

Open Cloze


(Audio) JO: ... an animal ... assorted facts ... and right on ... pie man ... ___________ ... my stories

UH: And you can see that these words start to induce alignment in _____ ________ areas, but not more than that. Now we can take the words and start to _____ sentences out of them.

(_____) JO: And they recommend against crossing that line. He says: "Dear Jim, Good story. Nice details. Didn't she only know about him through me?"

UH: Now you can see that the responses in all the language areas that process the ________ language become aligned or similar across all _________. However, only when we use the full, engaging, coherent story do the responses spread deeper into the brain into higher-order areas, which include the frontal cortex and the parietal cortex, and make all of them _______ very similarly. And we believe that these _________ in higher-order areas are _______ or become similar across listeners because of the meaning conveyed by the speaker, and not by words or sound. And if we are right, there's a ______ prediction over here if I tell you the exact same ideas using two very different sets of words, your brain responses will still be similar.

Solution


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Original Text


(Audio) JO: ... an animal ... assorted facts ... and right on ... pie man ... potentially ... my stories

UH: And you can see that these words start to induce alignment in early language areas, but not more than that. Now we can take the words and start to build sentences out of them.

(Audio) JO: And they recommend against crossing that line. He says: "Dear Jim, Good story. Nice details. Didn't she only know about him through me?"

UH: Now you can see that the responses in all the language areas that process the incoming language become aligned or similar across all listeners. However, only when we use the full, engaging, coherent story do the responses spread deeper into the brain into higher-order areas, which include the frontal cortex and the parietal cortex, and make all of them respond very similarly. And we believe that these responses in higher-order areas are induced or become similar across listeners because of the meaning conveyed by the speaker, and not by words or sound. And if we are right, there's a strong prediction over here if I tell you the exact same ideas using two very different sets of words, your brain responses will still be similar.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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