Anne-Laure Le Cunff: The 3 cognitive scripts that rule over your life | Full Interview – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.- I'm Le Cunff
2.I'm a and the author of "Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World." A lot of us are currently experiencing cognitive overload and there are many reasons for that
3.One of them is that the world is changing fast and we're trying to hoard as much information as possible to understand what's going on around us
4.Another one is that we're trying to be as productive as possible in order to keep up, again, with this world that keeps on changing
5.Because of that, we try to build systems
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR C1)
anne-laure
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"- I'm Anne-Laure Le Cunff. I'm a neuroscientist and the author of "Tiny Experiments: How to Live "
neuroscientist
B2A scientist whose speciality is neuroscience.
Example:
"- I'm Anne-Laure Le Cunff. I'm a neuroscientist and the author of "Tiny Experiments: How to Live "
importantly
B2(sentence adverb) Used to mark a statement as having importance.
Example:
"importantly, to deal with those three powerful cognitive scripts that underlie a lot of our "
overthink
B1To think about; think over
Example:
"it's a pretty good thing that you don't have to overthink it every time you go to the doctor. The problem with cognitive scripts is when we use them to make more important decisions in our lives, "
colleague
B1A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate.
Example:
"crowd pleaser script, can also be your friends, can be your partner, can be your colleagues, "
meaningful
B1Having meaning, significant.
Example:
"and exploring your curiosity because if you don't have those external signs of success, if you're not following your grand passion, then are you really living a meaningful life? This is "
answering
B1To make a reply or response to.
Example:
"work and direct your focus. Mindful productivity is really about answering three key questions. "
self-anthropology
B2A B2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"what I call self-anthropology, becoming an anthropologist with your life as your topic of "
ambivalence
B2The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.
Example:
"ambivalence toward goals in the sense that it feels so exhausting to keep on climbing this "
unexpected
B1Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.
Example:
"unexpected type of decisions that might be opportunities for growth and exploration and self-discovery. Another cognitive script that rules our life is the crowd pleaser script. "
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| anne-laure | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| neuroscientist | B2 | A scientist whose speciality is neuroscience. |
| importantly | B2 | (sentence adverb) Used to mark a statement as having importance. |
| overthink | B1 | To think about; think over |
| colleague | B1 | A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate. |
| meaningful | B1 | Having meaning, significant. |
| answering | B1 | To make a reply or response to. |
| self-anthropology | B2 | A B2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| ambivalence | B2 | The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea. |
| unexpected | B1 | Not expected, anticipated or foreseen. |
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