Vocabulary

• lead to: To result in some action
• dive in: To start doing something with a lot of enthusiasm.
• in green: Located in or surrounded by green plants or fields.
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• for instance: As an example.
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
• instance: An example of something; case
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• intricate: Very detailed or difficult to untangle
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• prefrontal: Anterior to a frontal structure
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• consciousness: Process by which thoughts, ideas are processed
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• segment: Part divided from the other parts of something
• neuron: A nerve cell
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• progressive: Believing in modern ideas about social change
• amygdala: Almond-shaped structure in the brain's anterior
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• distant: Unfriendly; cold
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• important: Having power or authority
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• complexity: State of having many parts and not being simple
• malnutrition: Not having enough to eat, or having a poor diet
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• microscopic: Too small to be seen with the eyes
• range: Cooking stove with multiple burners
• circuit: An area where cars race in a circle
• neuroscience: Scientific study of the nervous system
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• dye: A liquid that colors hair, cloth etc.
• layout: Plan or design of something, e.g. of book page
• envelope: Paper cover you put around a letter to mail it
• depressive: Suffering a psychological lack of happiness