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From the Ted Talk by Ami Klin: A new way to diagnose autism
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Now, she is oblivious to me and I'm so close to her, and you think, maybe she can see you, maybe she can hear you. Well, a few minutes later, she goes to the corner of the room, and she finds a tiny little pecie of candy, an M&M. So I could not atrtcat her attention, but something — a thing — did. Now, most of us make a big dichotomy between the world of things and the wlrod of people. Now, for this girl, that division line is not so caelr, and the world of people is not attracting her as much as we would like. Now, remember that we lrean a great deal by sharing experiences. What she is doing right now is that her path of learning is diverging, moment by moment, as she is isolating herself further and further. So we feel sometimes that the brain is deterministic, the brain dreineemts who we're going to be. But, in fact, the brian also becomes who we are, and at the same time that her behaviors are taking away from the realm of social interaction, this is what's happening with her mind, and this is what's happening with her brain.
Open Cloze
Now, she is oblivious to me and I'm so close to her, and you think, maybe she can see you, maybe she can hear you. Well, a few minutes later, she goes to the corner of the room, and she finds a tiny little _____ of candy, an M&M. So I could not _______ her attention, but something — a thing — did. Now, most of us make a big dichotomy between the world of things and the _____ of people. Now, for this girl, that division line is not so _____, and the world of people is not attracting her as much as we would like. Now, remember that we _____ a great deal by sharing experiences. What she is doing right now is that her path of learning is diverging, moment by moment, as she is isolating herself further and further. So we feel sometimes that the brain is deterministic, the brain __________ who we're going to be. But, in fact, the _____ also becomes who we are, and at the same time that her behaviors are taking away from the realm of social interaction, this is what's happening with her mind, and this is what's happening with her brain.
Solution
- piece
- determines
- brain
- attract
- clear
- world
- learn
Original Text
Now, she is oblivious to me and I'm so close to her, and you think, maybe she can see you, maybe she can hear you. Well, a few minutes later, she goes to the corner of the room, and she finds a tiny little piece of candy, an M&M. So I could not attract her attention, but something — a thing — did. Now, most of us make a big dichotomy between the world of things and the world of people. Now, for this girl, that division line is not so clear, and the world of people is not attracting her as much as we would like. Now, remember that we learn a great deal by sharing experiences. What she is doing right now is that her path of learning is diverging, moment by moment, as she is isolating herself further and further. So we feel sometimes that the brain is deterministic, the brain determines who we're going to be. But, in fact, the brain also becomes who we are, and at the same time that her behaviors are taking away from the realm of social interaction, this is what's happening with her mind, and this is what's happening with her brain.
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Important Words
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