Question

Secret Life of the Brain Episode 4 – The Adult Brain

1. It was long believed that the brain was divided into two parts: _______________ & ______________ but this has been proven untrue. The two work together.
2. The tiny almond-shaped _______________ is the first to respond to an emotional event.
3. ______________________________ is a critical mechanism that allow us to stay alive.
4. The purpose of a _________ emotional response is to place the organism out of danger.
5. _________________ is a condition of extreme fear response from a past traumatic event. People with this condition have an overly sensitive amygdala.
6. Emotion helps to form self-______________.
7. There is no definitive cause or pathology for ______________________________.
8. In the brain of a depressed person, stress triggers too much of the hormone_______________, for too long.
9. Talk __________________ works because it works on the brain, it changes the physical structure of our brain – synaptic connections, processing information differently.
10. Our lives are governed by ______________. That’s who are we are, we’re ___________ people.

Answer 1

1. It was long believed that the brain was divided into two parts: ___emotional part of brain___ & ___Thought part of the brain__ but this has been proven untrue. The two work together.
2. The tiny almond-shaped _____amygdala____ is the first to respond to an emotional event.
3. _______Emotion______ is a critical mechanism that allow us to stay alive.
4. The purpose of a ___Fearful__ emotional response is to place the organism out of danger.
5. _____PTSD(Post-traumatic Stress Disorder)______ is a condition of extreme fear response from a past traumatic event. People with this condition have an overly sensitive amygdala.
6. Emotion helps to form self- concept_________.
7. There is no definitive cause or pathology for ________depression________.
8. In the brain of a depressed person, stress triggers too much of the hormone_cortisol_, for too long.
9. Talk __therapy__ works because it works on the brain, it changes the physical structure of our brain – synaptic connections, processing information differently.
10. Our lives are governed by __emotions and the interactions of emotions with our thought processes__. That’s who are we are, we’re ____emotional____ people.

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