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Captivated: The Mona Lisa, held at the Louvre in Paris, is widely considered the most visited piece of art in the world. Glossary
Psychobiologist - A person who studies how mental functioning relates to other biological processes.
Palaeolithic - An early part of the Stone Age, when humans used basic stone implements.
Depression - Low mood that affects someone's daily life, and can last for weeks or months.
Hormones - Chemicals created inside living creatures. They are used to send messages from one part of the body to another.
Dopamine - A hormone and neurotransmitter that plays several important roles in the brain and body, providing us with positive sensations, rewarding us for evolutionarily good behaviours like eating food.
Dementia - A syndrome associated with memory loss and other declining brain functions.
GCSE - The national exams taken by 15 and 16-year-olds in parts of the UK.
Vincent van Gogh - A Dutch artist who painted The Starry Night in 1889 while staying in a French mental asylum after suffering a breakdown. He died by suicide the following year.
Ludwig van Beethoven - A German composer and pianist. One of the defining figures of Western classical music.