Stress
Stress can impact you in ___________ or ____________ ways.
What are positive or negative?
This part of the brain is located in the front and is known as your 'thinking brain'.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
When the amygdala releases cortisol and adrenaline you may be experiencing this.
What is stress?
Practice makes _________.
What is permanent?
This structure contains the nucleus and other cell structures of the neuron.
What is the cell body?
This way of seeing the world can impact your level of stress.
What is perception?
This part of the brain manages stress and reacts to danger.
What is the amygdala?
The amygdala acts as your watchdog, managing this emotion.
What is fear?
New neural pathways are formed by this.
What is experience?
This structure receives signals sent from other neurons.
What are the dendrites?
This type of stress can motivate you to get things done.
What is positive stress?
Sometimes called the 'reptilian brain', this part of the brain connects to the spinal cord and is responsible for the functions that keep your body alive.
What is the brain stem?
The prefrontal cortex helps the amygdala in the regulation of these.
What are emotions?
This is the process by which neural pathways that are not used weaken and are discarded.
What is pruning?
After receiving one, this structure passes the electrical signal through the neuron and delivers it to the next in the chain.
What is the Axon?
When you feel stressed, the amygdala releases these two chemicals.
What are cortisol and adrenaline?
This part of the brain is responsible for memory and navigation.
What is the hippocampus?
The amygdala works together with this part of the brain to process emotional memories.
What is the hippocampus?
When learn a new skill, it is best to practice in this type of environment.
What is authentic?
Adolescent brains have more of these structures than adult brains.
What are synapses?
Physical impacts caused by prolonged periods of stress are called this.
What is a psychosomatic response?
Also called the 'small brain', this part of the brain is responsible for balance and motor control.
What is the cerebellum?
The amygdala, along with the hippocampus and thalamus, are part of this brain system.
What is the limbic system?
Neuroplasticity is defined as the brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming these.
What are new neural pathways?
These chemicals pass impulses from one neuron, across the synapse, to the next neuron in the chain.
What are neurotransmitters?