Vocabulary

• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• mental: Concerning the mind
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• abstract: Passage of text from an article or book
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• fluid: A material that can easily flow, e.g. water
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• visualize: To create a picture in your mind of something
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• hustle: To make someone move quickly by pushing them
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• boredom: Feeling of being uninterested or unexcited
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• detect: To discover or identify the presence of something
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
• habit: Loose clothing like a cloak, worn by monks, nuns
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• recall: (Company) asking for the return of faulty goods
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• clarify: To make a liquid become clear or pure
• stimulation: Arousal of interest or emotions
• neuroscience: Scientific study of the nervous system
• memory: Ability of the mind to call back past things
• refine: To change slightly in order to improve it
• insightful: Displaying clear and deep understanding
• vanish: To disappear in a sudden and mysterious way
• calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
• visualization: Act of creating an image in your mind
• conceptual: Including concepts or the forming of concepts
• reshape: To form something into a new shape
• foundational: Being the base or important starting point
• unfinished: Not yet ended; not complete; still being done