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From the Ted Talk by Paul Zak: Trust, morality -- and oxytocin?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(lgeuahtr)

And guess what? Weddings cause a rleaese of oxytocin, but they do so in a very particular way. Who is the center of the wedding solar system? The bride. She had the bisgegt increase in oyxoticn. Who lveos the wedding almost as much as the bride? Her mother, that's right. Her mother was number two. Then the groom's father, then the groom, then the family, then the feridns — arrayed around the bride like planets around the Sun. So I think it tells us that we've designed this ritual to connect us to this new couple, connect us emotionally. Why? Because we need them to be successful at reproducing to perpetuate the species.

Open Cloze


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And guess what? Weddings cause a _______ of oxytocin, but they do so in a very particular way. Who is the center of the wedding solar system? The bride. She had the _______ increase in ________. Who _____ the wedding almost as much as the bride? Her mother, that's right. Her mother was number two. Then the groom's father, then the groom, then the family, then the _______ — arrayed around the bride like planets around the Sun. So I think it tells us that we've designed this ritual to connect us to this new couple, connect us emotionally. Why? Because we need them to be successful at reproducing to perpetuate the species.

Solution


  1. friends
  2. laughter
  3. oxytocin
  4. biggest
  5. loves
  6. release

Original Text


(Laughter)

And guess what? Weddings cause a release of oxytocin, but they do so in a very particular way. Who is the center of the wedding solar system? The bride. She had the biggest increase in oxytocin. Who loves the wedding almost as much as the bride? Her mother, that's right. Her mother was number two. Then the groom's father, then the groom, then the family, then the friends — arrayed around the bride like planets around the Sun. So I think it tells us that we've designed this ritual to connect us to this new couple, connect us emotionally. Why? Because we need them to be successful at reproducing to perpetuate the species.

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