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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #49135 Medium Neuron
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You will hear a recording. Below is a transcription of the recording. Some words in the transcription differ from what the speaker said. Please click on the words that are different.
* Click on the words that are different from what you hear
Result:

Correct Transcript:

Modern humans are masters of multitasking. We eat while driving, watch TV while studying, and of course talk on our cell phones while doing, well, everything. How do we do it? A study in the July 16th issue of Neuron suggests that though we can train our brains to work faster as we juggle, we never actually manage to do more than one thing at a time. Our brains aren't really built to handle the sort of parallel processing we think we're capable of. The good news is: studies have shown that extensive training can make us better at doing two things at once. But how? One theory is that with lots of practice some routines become "automatic." And if we don't need to run every little thing past the part of the brain that's spends time thinking about stuff, we can multitask just fine. But this new study finds that that's not the way it works. Turns out that multitaskers still consult the prefrontal cortex.
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Printed "submissive", the speaker says "extensive"

Explanation: You will hear "that extensive training can". 'submissive' is on the page, but the words start with different letters.

Printed "spelling", the speaker says "thinking"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "spends time thinking about". 'spelling' is printed, but both words end the same way, so follow your ears.

Printed "coffers", the speaker says "multitaskers"

Explanation: Listen again to "that multitaskers still consult". 'coffers' is the printed word, they start with different letters and the spoken word is much longer.

"Neuron" matches the audio

Explanation: "the July 16th issue of Neuron" has a name that looks special. The speaker says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"prefrontal" matches the audio

Explanation: "consult the prefrontal cortex" may look technical and wrong. It is exactly what the speaker says, so do not click it.

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