Bunnies
When we made a spinal cord in this group, what was one of the types of candy we used?
What is the only species that uses complex language to communicate?
Humans
What is an example of a focused attention practice (coping skill)
Deep breathing, tapping, mindfulness, magic mustache, stretching, yoga and whatever else works for you!
Name at least 3 of the 5 senses.
Sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell
Name three emotions
Joy, sadness, fear, anger, jealousy, excitement, content, etc.
Your Nervous System controls basic, automatic body functions, such as:
Breathing, digestion, sweating, and shivering.
What's one way to boost your memory?
Get enough sleep, exercise regularly, each more berries, say things out loud
What do focused attention practices do?
Calm your limbic and sympathetic system (calm us down and help us regulate!)
Identifying our emotion when we are upset is the first step to helping us regulate ourselves.
Name any part of a neuron!
Nucleus, Dendrite, Axon, Cell body, Myelin Sheath
The Nervous System is made up one two main components: name one of them.
Brain and Spine
What's something you can do to help decrease nightmares?
Maintain a consistent sleep schedule, eat healthy, and no electronics before bed.
A synapse is a chemical message that is sent between two what?
Neurons
How can negative emotions help us at times?
Show us that others care/are invested in us, helps us define and stick to our morals, can invite others to help us (sadness), help us determine what is really important to us.
Name any part of the brain that we have talked about!
upstairs/downstairs brain, Amygdala, Thalamus, Parietal Lobe, Hypothalamus, Broca's area, Wernicke's area, etc.
When your body's stress response system takes over, your body responds by doing one of these:
Fight, flight, or freeze
Focused attention practices can help decrease our:
stress
The negative brain bias is about how we often tend to focus on the negatives of our day. Something we can practice to help overcome this is what? Starts with G...
Gratitude
Neuroplasticity means that our brain can do what?
continue to learn and change
What do neurotransmitters do?
Carry messages through the body to target cells.
There are about how many neurons in the brain?
A polyglot is a person who can do what?
Speak several languages
Typoglycemia means that even when letters of a word are scrambled up, you can still:
read the word without issues
Scientists aren't sure why we dream, but they think it may be to help us process our:
Emotions
The 'emotion station' part of our brain is called what? Starts with an A...
Amygdala