Across
- 2. To invent or create a new word or phrase, often to describe a concept, phenomenon, or idea that was previously unnamed.
- 4. A mental state or practice involving focused awareness on the present moment, often achieved by calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations without judgment.
- 7. An acute awareness of oneself, particularly in social settings, often accompanied by feelings of embarrassment, insecurity, or worry about how one is perceived by others.
- 8. An intense state of concentration on a specific task or activity, often to the exclusion of other priorities or distractions. It can be productive or counterproductive, depending on the context.
- 9. The front part of the brain's cerebral cortex, involved in complex cognitive functions like decision-making, emotional regulation, problem-solving, and controlling voluntary movements.
- 10. A neurotransmitter in the brain that plays a key role in regulating mood, motivation, pleasure, and reward, as well as various bodily functions like movement and focus.
- 11. To grow, develop, or succeed, especially in a vigorous or successful manner; to flourish in favorable circumstances.
Down
- 1. The act of delaying or postponing tasks or decisions, often unnecessarily or habitually, even when completing them is important.
- 3. A set of mental skills and cognitive processes, including planning, decision-making, problem-solving, attention control, and self-regulation, that enable goal-directed behavior.
- 5. To restrain or hold back something, such as an impulse, reaction, or process, from being expressed or occurring.
- 6. Capable of being used in place of each other without significant difference or effect; equivalent in function or purpose.
