Stress
This stress hormone is released by the body and can affect memory and learning
What is cortisol?
What part of the lobe is involved in characteristics, movement, decision making, recognition of smell, and speech ability?
What is the frontal lobe?
Exercise increases blood flow to this organ, helping it work better
What is brain?
What is heart?
This "feel-good" chemical is released in the brain's reward center when you get a like or a positive comment.
What is dopamine?
This big word means your brain can change and grow.
What is neuroplasticity?
Stress can make it harder to remember things, affecting this brain function
What is memory?
This part of the brain helps us identify and recognize objects, pain, touch, and other spoken languages.
What is the parietal lobe?
Exercise helps you pay better attention in school by improving this
What is focus?
This is the term for a form of bullying that happens online, which can lead to increased stress and anxiety.
What is cyberbullying?
Your brain forms these when you learn something new.
What is connections (or pathways)?
When you're stressed, this feeling often increases
(hint:like being worries or nervous)
What is anxiety?
This lobe is involved with vision.
What is the occipital lobe?
What is thinking?
Because of how the brain develops at age 12, middle schoolers become "hypersensitive" to this from their peers.
What is feedback?
True or False: Your brain stops changing when you get older.
What is false?
Too much stress over time can shrink parts of your brain and hurt this ability
What is learning?
This part of the brain includes short term memory, speech, rhythm, and the ability to recognize smell.
What is the temporal lobe?
Exercise helps you focus better by improving this mental skill.
What is attention(or concentration)?
Tricks your brain into staying awake by blocking the sleep hormone melatonin.
(hint: a type of light)
What is blue light?
This happens in your brain when you practice something a lot.
What is strengthening connections (or learning)?
This part of the brain helps with memory and is affected by stress?
What is hippocampus?
This part of the brain regulates your heart rate, breathing, digesting, sleep cycles, etc.
What is the brainstem?
Regular exercise can help this organ grow new brain cells in this organ.
What is the brain?
Using social media while doing a work assignment can make your brain work harder and less efficient.
What is multitasking?
This part of your body changes when you learn, think, and practice.
What is the brain?