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Your brain needs this (___________) to take things from short-term memory to long term memory
What is sleep
Connections between neurons are called (____________)
What are synapses?
This neurotransmitter called (________________) is responsible the activation of brain's reward system.
What is dopamine?
The teen brain is "hard-wired" for this type of behavior.
What is risk taking?
White Matter
What is another word for myelin
(__________________) is being able to figure out ways to survive in whatever environment you are in
What is being adaptable
During adolescence neural connections are insulated through a process that is called (___________)
What is myelination?
The Limibic System plays a central role in your (________)
What is emotional response?
The PFC is located
What is behind your forehead
The lobe where the Prefrontal Cortex is located.
What is the "frontal lobe"
Your brain does not fully develop until (_____-____'s)
What is mid-20's
Specialized cells in the brain are called (_________)
What are neurons?
This structure is responsible for your fight or flight response
What is the amygdala?
The PFC matures (_______________) than other parts of the brain
What is later
Someone who studies the brain is a (_____________)
What is a neuroscientist?
Teens can shape their own brains by the (______________)
What is the activities teens spend their time doing
If a synapse isn't used often, then this happens (__________)
What is synaptic pruning
The Limbic system develops earlier than (_____________)
What is the Prefrontal Cortex
The main functions of the prefrontal cortex
Planning, evaluating, emotional regulation, decision making
Another word for neural insulation
What is myelin
The ability of the brain to change is called (__________________)
What is neuroplasticity
(_____________) are located at the end of neurons and have receptors for neurotransmitters.
What is dendrites?
This structure stores memories and contributes to the formation of new memories.
What is the hippocampus?
The PFC helps with thinking and sizing up risk and (_______________)
What is reward
There is a decline in this type of brain matter, due to synaptic pruning during adolescence called (______________________)
What is gray matter?