Across
- 5. clear front part of the eye that helps focus light
- 6. helpful or beneficial
- 9. tubes in your inner ear that help you keep your balance
- 13. the process of taking in information
- 15. helps control motivation, reward, and pleasure
- 16. a chemical messenger that carries signals
- 17. a mental framework based on past experiences
- 18. help you see in dim light
- 19. helps messages travel faster
- 21. helps with rewards, habits, and motivation
- 22. tiny gap between neurons
- 24. related to your sense of smell
Down
- 1. receives messages
- 2. processes emotions like fear and stress
- 3. light, sound, smell, or touch in your environment
- 4. a brain cell
- 7. the belief that abilities and intelligence can improve
- 8. special cell that detects a stimulus
- 10. carries messages away from the cell body
- 11. involved in emotions, motivation, and memory
- 12. help you see color and detail
- 14. the brain and spinal cord
- 20. helps with decision-making, planning, and self-control
- 23. all the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord