Vocabulary

• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• relevant: Having an effect on an issue; related or current
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• obsessive: Characterized by or constituting an obsession
• huge: Very very large
• serotonin: A neurotransmitter in the brain that helps regulate mood, sleep, appetite, and emotional well-being; often referred to as the "feel-good" hormone.
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• neuron: A nerve cell
• argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• neurotransmitter: Chemical released by nerves that boost signals within the body
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• important: Having power or authority
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• pathway: A path or way that you can walk
• gene: Part of cell controlling development of a thing
• depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
• simplistic: Being too simply expressed or explained
• rat: Long-tailed rodent similar to/bigger than a mouse
• depressive: Suffering a psychological lack of happiness
• subset: A small set which is part of a larger set