Theory of mind (B2-C1)

Speaker : Friendships can ____________________ an ____________________ place in our ____________________ stories . What is it about these
connections that ____________________ them so ____________________ ? Before we ____________________ into the science , let ? s first ____________________
one in ____________________ .

Speaker : If I could somehow ____________________ a best friend , you know , put ____________________ all the ideal ____________________ of
my ____________________ match , that person would pale in ____________________ ____________________ Priya .

Speaker : She can ____________________ any situation into a ____________________ ____________________ ?
chemistry lab , band practice . What I ? m trying
to say is I never laugh harder than when I ? m with Priya . And she ? s always ____________________ ____________________ me . Like
last year after I ____________________ ____________________ by Te ? you know what ? I don ? t even want to ____________________ their
name . It ____________________ like my ____________________ world was ____________________ ____________________ .

Speaker : But as soon as I told Priya , ____________________ , she was at my ____________________ . I was a wreck , but she sat there with
me and listened . We ? re always on ____________________ same ____________________ ; it ? s as if we can ____________________ each other ? s ____________________ !
And we can talk for ____________________ ? about anything . I know my mom would say she has the phone
bills to ____________________ it .

Speaker : If it seems like friendships formed in ____________________ are particularly ____________________ , that ? s because
they are .

Early childhood , adolescent , and adult friendships all ____________________ a little ____________________ in part
because the brain works in ____________________ ____________________ at those stages of ____________________ . ____________________ is a unique
time when peer ____________________ ____________________ focus , and thanks ____________________ the developing ____________________ , there are
____________________ in the way you ____________________ , understand , and connect to friends .

Speaker : Teenage friends can seem ____________________ ____________________ the hip . Scientists ____________________ adolescence as a social
reorientation as teenagers ____________________ to spend as ____________________ or more time ____________________ their friends than
with their parents . This drive to hang with ____________________ may be due ____________________ changes in the brain ? s
reward centre , known as the ventral striatum . Its activation ____________________ hanging out with others
enjoyable and ____________________ you to ____________________ more time with them .

Speaker : Neuroimaging studies ____________________ that this ____________________ is highly reactive during your ____________________ years ,
which may ____________________ why adolescents seem to ____________________ a ____________________ value on ____________________ interactions
____________________ children or adults .

Speaker : Teenage friendships can also feel more ____________________ than the friendships of your childhood .
This deeper ____________________ is possible thanks to improvements in what scientists call ____________________
of Mind .

Speaker : Theory of Mind is the ability to ____________________ others ? emotions , ____________________ , motivations , and
points ____________________ ____________________ , and to realise that they may be ____________________ from your own .

While it may seem intuitive , this ability ____________________ on the careful ____________________ of various brain ____________________ , sometimes referred to as the ____________________ brain . Babies begin to ____________________ Theory of Mind
around 18 ____________________ or so . Before that , it ? s ____________________ they believe that everyone perceives and knows exactly what they know . It was once considered to be fully ____________________ by age five ,
but ____________________ now know that Theory of Mind continues to ____________________ and mature well into your teenage ____________________ and ____________________ .

Likewise , regions within the social brain show increased connectivity during adolescence
compared with childhood . As a ____________________ , teens can better ____________________ their friend ? s
perspectives , allowing for ____________________ connections to ____________________ .

In the closest ____________________ , it can almost ____________________ as if you ? re ____________________ connected ? two bodies and minds , ____________________ in
____________________ . And there is a science to this !