Vocabulary

• due to: Because of; owing to
• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• in areas: Located or occurring within specific regions or locations.
• in terms of
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• mimic: Someone who tries to act like another person
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• dementia: Illness characterized by loss of memory
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• reference: A letter of recommendation, e.g. for a job
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• hippocampus: A part of the brain that is part of the limbic system and is important for memory
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• noggin: A human head
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• investigation: Search for information about something
• relieve: To make less boring by making some change
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• decay: To be slowly destroyed by natural processes; rot
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• cerebral: Having or concerning ideas rather than emotions
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• onset: When something, e.g. an illness, starts; beginning
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• cognition: Recognition involved in thought processing
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• minimal: The smallest possible; least
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• supportive: Providing help and support to someone or something
• unfamiliar: Unusual; strange or unknown
• lifestyle: The type of life that you have; the way you live
• beta: Test version of a product or software
• tau: 19th letter of the Greek alphabet