Vocabulary

• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in the throes of: Experiencing a very difficult or painful process.
• at length: In detail; fully
• in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
• lean towards: To be inclined to support or favor something; to tend to agree with.
• strip away: To gradually reduce the power, rights, or possessions of someone.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• zero in: To focus on a target
• lean on: To depend on someone for support or help.
• for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
• turn into: To change to become something else
• instinct: Natural way of thinking; intuition
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• distraction: Something drawing your attention away from
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• rational: Able to think clearly
• integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
• abstract: Passage of text from an article or book
• shift: To change in position or direction
• despair: To have lost all hope; lose heart
• conduct: Your behavior
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• realistic: Looks or appears real; like things really are
• counterintuitive: Contrary to what common sense would suggest
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• hypothesis: A theory trying to explain something
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• paralysis: Inability to move or feel all or part of the body
• prefrontal: Anterior to a frontal structure
• filter: Device to remove certain types of light, sound
• confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• bargain: Something bought for a lower price than expected
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• wisdom: Knowledge gained from experience in life
• impair: To damage or weaken something
• resonate: (Of ideas) to have a big impact for a long time
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• irrational: Not sensible or reasonable; illogical
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• sober: Not drunk
• neurological: Concerning, used in or practicing neurology
• clarity: Being easy to be seen through, heard or understood
• optimism: Condition of having a positive outlook or belief
• honor: To fulfill an agreement
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• tuck: To put something into a small or safe place
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• detach: To send away a military unit on a special mission
• ruthless: Not considering the feelings or health of others
• paradoxical: Seemingly contradictory but possibly true
• cognition: Recognition involved in thought processing
• neuroscience: Scientific study of the nervous system
• sway: Power or influence to control a person or group
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• analytical: Thinking in a detailed and intelligent manner
• startling: So remarkably different or sudden as to shock
• derail: (Of a train) to come off the railway tracks
• positivity: Tendency to be positive or accepting
• depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
• stoic: Person who can suffer without complaining
• stoicism: Indifference to pleasure or pain or suffering