You Brain's Best Friend

2. Of vital importance; a crucial and essential duty.
4. The process of combining multiple things, like memories, into a single, more effective whole.
7. Tending to cause harm or damage.
9. In a way that leaves no doubt; clearly and unambiguously.
10. A supposed remedy or solution for all difficulties or diseases; a cure-all.
12. A substance or force that actively opposes or is hostile to something else.
13. Describing a way of life that involves a great deal of sitting down and very little physical activity.
16. Characterized by the belief that the parts of something are intimately interconnected and can only be understood by referencing the whole.
20. A temporary structure on the outside of a building, used metaphorically to describe a supporting framework.

1. To make something bad, such as a risk or a pain, less severe, serious, or harmful.
3. Lacking interest or excitement; dull and ordinary.
5. The capacity to recover quickly from setbacks, difficulties, or stress.
6. The brain's inherent ability to reorganize its structure and connections in response to learning or experience.
8. Related to the mental processes of thinking, remembering, learning, and understanding.
11. A metaphorical potion or substance believed to have a wonderfully beneficial or restorative effect.
14. The process by which new nerve cells are generated in the brain.
15. A key region of the brain primarily associated with memory and learning.
17. Describing a state where the combined effect of different elements is greater than the sum of their individual effects.
18. The best or most favorable condition or outcome.
19. Extremely great, intense, or deep; having a very powerful effect.