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6. regulates appetite, sleep, aggression, mood, and pain
7. important for attentiveness, emotions, sleeping, dreaming, and learning
8. reacts to fear, danger, and threat
9. storage vault of memory and learning
11. the collection of cortical and subcortical structures, including amygdala and hippocampus
12. lack of awareness; uncontrolled actions, emotions, or thoughts
13. state of being in touch with and aware of the present moment in a nonjudgmental way
15. gap the microscopic gab between the axon of one neuron and the dendrite of another that serves to connect neurons

1. the thinking center of the brain
2. a nerve cell that is specialized for excitability and conductivity
3. helps regulate many body functions and connects the brain stem to the prefrontal cortex and other parts of the brain
4. a hormone produced by the adrenal gland in response to stress
5. a series of nerve bundles that connect relatively distant areas of the brain or nervous system
10. receives and integrates all incoming sensory information, except smell, and directs it to other areas of the cortex for additional processing
14. influences paying attention, planning, and moving the body