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From the Ted Talk by Craig Richard: The brain science (and benefits) of ASMR

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but I don’t miss my hair. What I do miss is going to the hairdresser. I found it to be such an eyabnojle and relaxing experience. I loved it when they would rub their fingers through my hair while they weshad my hair in the sink. I eejynod it when they wkaled me over to the chair, and they would play with my hair more and talk to me about different hairstyles and haircuts I could get. And I even enjoyed the geltne sound of the scissors -- snip, snip, snip -- right next to my ears. I enjoyed it so much and I was so deeply relaxed that I reeemmbr many times I would just sit there and I’d think, “I’d pay you even if you just pretended to cut my hair.”

Open Cloze

but I don’t miss my hair. What I do miss is going to the hairdresser. I found it to be such an _________ and relaxing experience. I loved it when they would rub their fingers through my hair while they ______ my hair in the sink. I _______ it when they ______ me over to the chair, and they would play with my hair more and talk to me about different hairstyles and haircuts I could get. And I even enjoyed the ______ sound of the scissors -- snip, snip, snip -- right next to my ears. I enjoyed it so much and I was so deeply relaxed that I ________ many times I would just sit there and I’d think, “I’d pay you even if you just pretended to cut my hair.”

Solution

  1. enjoyable
  2. remember
  3. enjoyed
  4. gentle
  5. walked
  6. washed

Original Text

but I don’t miss my hair. What I do miss is going to the hairdresser. I found it to be such an enjoyable and relaxing experience. I loved it when they would rub their fingers through my hair while they washed my hair in the sink. I enjoyed it when they walked me over to the chair, and they would play with my hair more and talk to me about different hairstyles and haircuts I could get. And I even enjoyed the gentle sound of the scissors -- snip, snip, snip -- right next to my ears. I enjoyed it so much and I was so deeply relaxed that I remember many times I would just sit there and I’d think, “I’d pay you even if you just pretended to cut my hair.”

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