Vocabulary

• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• turn in: To produce or achieve a good performance
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• as opposed to: In contrast to; rather than.
• have to: Must do
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• going on: To continue doing something
• for instance: As an example.
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• amount: Quantity of something
• associate: Partner in professional work, e.g. in law
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• advanced: (Of an army) to move forward
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• correlation: The relationship between two variables
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• video: Recording capturing action with sound
• happen: To take place or occur
• hippocampus: A part of the brain that is part of the limbic system and is important for memory
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
• play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
• percent: One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
• inferior: Being of little importance or worth
• puzzle: To be a challenge to understand; confuse
• month: One of 12 28-31 day periods in the year
• neurological: Concerning, used in or practicing neurology
• representation: Depicting objects, figures, or scenes as seen
• assess: To judge something's value or suitability
• magnetic: Having the properties of a magnet; able to attract
• logic: Proper, valid sensible reasoning
• resonance: Continuing to make a loud clear deep sound
• negatively: In a harmful, unwanted or unhelpful manner
• nucleus: Center of an atom
• assassin: Person who kills a public figure
• plasticity: Property of being able to physically bend
• allege: To state without proof
• simplify: To make something easier to do, use or understand
• creed: Set of beliefs/principles by which people live
• chimp: Shortened form of 'chimpanzee'
• psychiatry: Study and treatment of mental illness
• joystick: Moveable manual control for computer games
• gamer: Person playing a game to a set of rules