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Social media is a fascinating new human phenomenon and when we look at it deeply from a brain point of view,
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when we start with the foundation that the brain is actually the social organ of the body,
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we can understand why social media and and brain functions would go hand in hand.
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That is, the reason social media took off in this last 10 years is
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because the brain is social and people really want to connect with each other.
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And then, once social media was designed and keeps on creating itself, then the social media, in fact,
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is going to be shaping the brain so that the brain is responsive to culture.
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And in one of our research centers at UCLA, what we're able to show is that cultural experiences,
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that is messages sent out in society that are mediated through communication, either one-on-one or mass media communication,
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actually shape the actual structure of the brain.
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And so it's a two-way street.
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The brain created social media, and social media shapes the brain.
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One of the simple things I think
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that social media does is it brings us back at least to a feeling on one level
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that we're having the connections that we evolved to have.
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It's a great question, you know, is social media replacing our relationships or is it adding to it?
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From a brain point of view, the difference between let's say email and social media versus face to face interaction is very interesting.
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So studies for example that have shown what it's like
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when you actually are with someone face to face where you have eye contact, you're sharing facial expressions, there's a tone The tone of voice you can hear,
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the posture of the person, the gestures, the timing of what they do, the intensity of what they respond with.
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Those seven signals, and those are eye contact, facial expression, tone of voice, posture, gestures, timing, intensity.
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If you memorize those, it's really useful because then you'll see what texting, what email, and what most social media actually is lacking.
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Now, when you look at what area of the brain both sends out those non-verbal signals
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and receives them and makes sense of them, it's the right hemisphere of the brain.
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And the right hemisphere of the brain is much more closely connected to the lower regions, so the higher right areas are connected to the lower regions of the brain
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and those lower regions work with the body itself to create our emotions, to give us the felt texture of lived life.
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So one deep concern that I have as a developmental theorist
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and a developmental clinician is is that the more and more people spend time not using non-verbal signals,
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and instead use mostly verbal ones, that is, text with language that has this linear way of being distributed,
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you're activating primarily your left hemisphere, which in the brain is much more distant from the lower areas that help mediate emotion with the body.
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And even autobiographical memory is dominant on the right side, so you're much more into just logistics.
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Even thinking about how people are gonna care about you
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or like you is a left brain thing
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which is fascinating it's called social display rules
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so from a hemisphere point of view what i'm deeply concerned about is
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if social media email texting are not actually getting people more face-to-face time with each other
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or getting them in touch with even what's going on inside
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of them then the new generation will be much more used to a very surface level of experiencing the world.
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So there's nothing inherently wrong with social media, but if it is replacing time for face-to-face,
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then that could be a big problem.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau C1 is gebaseerd op de video “How Social Media Is Rewiring Our Brains”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: brain, hemisphere, lower, verbal, signals. Deze video bevat 40 zinnen en 638 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:05. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 156 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 87% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 12 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| hemisphere zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhɛmɪsfɪə/ | halfrond, hemisfeer |
| verbal bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈvɜː.bəl/ | verbaal, woordelijk |
| fascinate werkwoord | /ˈfæsɪneɪt/ | fascineren |
| gesture zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃɚ/ | gebaar, geste |
| autobiographical bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌɑtoʊˌbaɪəˈɡɹæfəkəl/ | autobiografisch |
| memorize werkwoord | /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/ | memoriseren, uit het hoofd leren |
| theorist zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈθiːəɹəst/ | theoreticus |
| activate werkwoord | /ˈæktɪˌveɪt/ | activeren, aanzetten |
| distribute werkwoord | /dɪˈstɹɪbjuːt/ | verdelen |
| evolve werkwoord | /ɪˈvɑlv/ | ontwikkelen |
| logistics zelfstandig naamwoord | /ləˈd͡ʒɪstɪks/ | logistiek |
| texture zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtɛkst͡ʃə(ɹ)/ | textuur |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 8 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you're, we're, gonna. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: developmental /dɪˌvɛləpˈmɛntəl/, autobiographical /ˌɑtoʊˌbaɪəˈɡɹæfəkəl/, inherently /ɪnˈhɛɹəntli/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: memorize /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/, responsive /ɹɪˈspɑn.sɪv/, evolve /ɪˈvɑlv/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: fascinate /ˈfæsɪneɪt/, autobiographical /ˌɑtoʊˌbaɪəˈɡɹæfəkəl/, activate /ˈæktɪˌveɪt/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als hemisphere, verbal, fascinate.
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
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