Parts of the Brain
The part of the brain, located in the front, responsible for executive functioning, such as decision-making, planning, impulse control, and problem-solving.
What is the frontal lobe?
This system is responsible for the "fight or flight" response.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
When you feel able to manage stress or difficulties in your life, you are within your...
What is window of tolerance?
This emotion encourages a person to run away or hide from a perceived threat and ensures safety and survival.
What is fear/anxiety?
These neurotransmitters are produced mostly in your gut.
What are dopamine and serotonin?
The part of the brain, located above the ears, responsible for auditory processing, language comprehension, and memory.
What is the temporal lobe?
This system is responsible for the "rest and digest" response.
What is the parasympathetic nervous system.
If you feel anxious, angry, out of control, or overwhelmed, your body may be in a state of ...
What is hypoarousal?
This emotion encourages a person to feel connected and ensures reproduction.
What is joy/love?
This is the brain's preferred source of energy.
What is sugar/carbs?
The lobe of the brain responsible for sensory processing and spatial awareness.
What is the parietal lobe?
The spinal cord and the brain, make up the body's "master control unit" also known as...
What is the central nervous system?
If you feel depressed, numb, zoned out, or like shutting down, your body may be in a state of ...
What is hypoarousal?
This emotion increases likelihood that the person will attack what is a perceived threat and ensures safety and survival.
What is anger?
This is the amount of total energy resources your brain uses.
What is 25%?
The small structure in the brain responsible for long-term memory formation and learning.
What is the hippocampus?
The sympathetic and parasympathetic systems make up this bodily system.
What is the autonomic nervous system?
Traumatic experiences can have this effect on your window of tolerance.
What is shrink?
This emotion encourages a person to help themselves or others and regain what has been lost and ensures caretaking.
What is sadness?
The brain can be "re-wired" as a result of this biological process in the brain.
What is neurogenesis/neuroplasticity?
The part of the brain responsible for transfer of information between brain and body, and automatic functions.
What is the brainstem?
This nervous system relays sensory information to the CNS and relays motor commands to muscles.
What is the somatic nervous system?
Participating in therapy and mindfulness exercises can have this effect on your window of tolerance.
What is expand?
This emotion encourages a person to repair a mistake and ensures adaptation and survival.
What is guilt?
What is the number one problem all our organs, including the brain, must solve?
What is finding an energy source?