Your Brain and Dopamine

Question 1

Your brain allows you to…

Answer 1

breathe, speak, move, think and feel.

Question 2

It is _______ pounds gray and white matter.

Answer 2

three

Question 3

It controls the __________ and _________ parts of your body.

Answer 3

internal, external

Question 4

It keeps you functioning when you…

Answer 4

sleep

Question 5

The ______ has many functioning parts that work together, so that you work.

Answer 5

brain

Question 6

n a perfect world, ___________ is an important ____________________ that is used for communication between brain cells.

Answer 6

dopamine, neurotransmitters

Question 7

One reason that dopamine is released is to help control our behavior. It encourages us to move and seek out _____________ ___________ like food and water.

Answer 7

important resources

Question 8

You know that _________, ______________ ________ you get when you set and accomplish a goal?

Answer 8

happy, motivated, feeling

Question 9

There are _________ and _____________ ways to influence our dopamine levels, plus _________ and ___________ ways of balancing them.

Answer 9

healthy, unhealthy, natural, unnatural

Question 10

When our brain is producing the _______ ________ of dopamine and nothing is throwing it out of balance, dopamine plays a big role in important brain processes that control our…

Answer 10

right levels, mood and focus