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From the Ted Talk by Susan Pinker: The secret to living longer may be your social life
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Now, these richer biarn signatures might be why rcetrerius from fturnoe 500 companies evaluating candidates thought that the candidates were smarter when they heard their voices compared to when they just read their pitches in a text, for example, or an email or a lteter. Now, our voices and body language convey a rich signal. It shows that we're thinking, feeling, sentient human biegns who are much more than an algorithm. Now, this research by Nicholas Epley at the University of Chicago Business School is quite amazing because it tells us a smlpie thing. If somebody hears your vcoie, they think you're smarter. I mean, that's quite a simple thing.
Open Cloze
Now, these richer _____ signatures might be why __________ from _______ 500 companies evaluating candidates thought that the candidates were smarter when they heard their voices compared to when they just read their pitches in a text, for example, or an email or a ______. Now, our voices and body language convey a rich signal. It shows that we're thinking, feeling, sentient human ______ who are much more than an algorithm. Now, this research by Nicholas Epley at the University of Chicago Business School is quite amazing because it tells us a ______ thing. If somebody hears your _____, they think you're smarter. I mean, that's quite a simple thing.
Solution
- brain
- letter
- beings
- simple
- fortune
- recruiters
- voice
Original Text
Now, these richer brain signatures might be why recruiters from Fortune 500 companies evaluating candidates thought that the candidates were smarter when they heard their voices compared to when they just read their pitches in a text, for example, or an email or a letter. Now, our voices and body language convey a rich signal. It shows that we're thinking, feeling, sentient human beings who are much more than an algorithm. Now, this research by Nicholas Epley at the University of Chicago Business School is quite amazing because it tells us a simple thing. If somebody hears your voice, they think you're smarter. I mean, that's quite a simple thing.
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