The memory-enhancing effects of movement, backed by science | Wendy Suzuki: Full Interview – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.- My name is Wendy Suzuki
2.I'm Dean of the College of Arts and Science at New York University and professor of neuroscience and psychology
3.- [Narrator] Chapter one: Exploring the neurological effects of exercise
4.- I have been fascinated with my favorite brain structure called the hippocampus for many, many years
5.Each of us have two hippocampi, one on the right, one on the left, and it is essential for our ability to form and retain new long-term memories for facts and events
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR C1)
importantly
B2(sentence adverb) Used to mark a statement as having importance.
Example:
"And perhaps even more importantly, what is that long-term exercise prescription"
relationship
B2Connection or association; the condition of being related.
Example:
"And as you can imagine, I got unbalanced. I didn't feel good. I didn't have a lot of social relationships."
physically
B1In a physical manner.
Example:
"including the physical environment. Are you walking a lot? Are you running? Are you keeping yourself physically active?"
jumping-off
B2A B2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"people always wanna ask me about the runner's high. What is it? How do you get it? And that's a great jumping-off point,"
mood-boosting
B2A B2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"and noradrenaline and endorphins. And that's really key to the mood-boosting effects of exercise,"
strengthen
B1To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.
Example:
"and strengthen two key brain areas. One is the hippocampus, critical for long-term memory,"
brain-body
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"People often ask me, what is the brain-body connection? And it is the simple physiological idea"
physiological
B2Of, or relating to physiology.
Example:
"People often ask me, what is the brain-body connection? And it is the simple physiological idea"
body-to-brain
B2A B2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"That's the body-to-brain connection. What about the other way? One of my favorite forms of exercise that I take"
listening
B1To pay attention to a sound or speech.
Example:
"compared to just listening to a podcast for the same amount of time for three months?"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| importantly | B2 | (sentence adverb) Used to mark a statement as having importance. |
| relationship | B2 | Connection or association; the condition of being related. |
| physically | B1 | In a physical manner. |
| jumping-off | B2 | A B2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| mood-boosting | B2 | A B2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| strengthen | B1 | To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify. |
| brain-body | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| physiological | B2 | Of, or relating to physiology. |
| body-to-brain | B2 | A B2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| listening | B1 | To pay attention to a sound or speech. |
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