Vocabulary

• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
• on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
• in attendance: Present at a particular event or meeting.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• mental: Concerning the mind
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• consider: To think carefully about something
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• presentation: Act of giving a formal talk about something
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• spike: The top point in a graph
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• endeavor: To attempt or make effort to do something
• impair: To damage or weaken something
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• nerve: Fibers in the body that enable feeling, movement
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• neurological: Concerning, used in or practicing neurology
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• lavish: To use or give a lot of something
• sodium: A soft, white chemical element
• diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• procedure: A medical operation
• psychiatric: Concerning the treatment of the mind
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• cerebral: Having or concerning ideas rather than emotions
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• fertilizer: Substance added to soil to help plants grow
• physician: A medical doctor
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• refine: To change slightly in order to improve it
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• surgical: Of or relating to surgery or operations
• lobe: Round part in body, e.g. some parts of brain
• archaic: Old and no longer relevant or applicable
• frontal: Belonging to the forward part
• ballistic: Of the science of movement of rockets and bullets
• inject: To add or put in more (money, energy etc.)
• proponent: Person who supports or argues for something
• eyelid: The skin that covers the eyes when you close them
• chemist: Person who sells medicines; drug store
• railroad: System of tracks on which trains travel
• iodine: Substance used on burns, etc. to prevent infection
• legislator: Someone who makes or enacts laws
• carotid: Of two major arteries supplying blood to head/neck
• freeman: Someone who is not a slave