Across
- 3. The outer layer of the brain responsible for higher cognition
- 5. Neurotransmitter linked to motivation and reward
- 6. Sustained concentration on a task or stimulus
- 7. Brain structure central to fear and emotional processing
- 9. Primary hormone released during stress
- 13. The body’s response to perceived challenge or threat
- 15. The capacity to store and retrieve information
- 16. Ability to understand another person’s emotional state
- 17. Mental processes involved in thinking and understanding
- 18. The basic cell that transmits electrical signals in the nervous system
- 19. Higher-order mental skills like planning and inhibition
- 20. Practice of maintaining awareness of the present moment
Down
- 1. Region critical for forming new memories
- 2. Creation of new neurons in the brain
- 4. Ability to recover from psychological adversity
- 8. The brain’s ability to change through experience
- 10. Regulation of internal physiological balance
- 11. Cognitive process of selectively focusing on information
- 12. Chemical messenger involved in mood regulation
- 14. The junction where one neuron communicates with another