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Obama's brain project

Vocabulary

audacious

showing extreme confidence and willingness to take risks and offend people

neural circuits

a system of connected neurons: cells that send and receive messages to and from the brain

subatomic particles

extremely small pieces of matter that are smaller than atoms or forming part of atoms

initiative

a project designed to achieve something or solve a problem

transformative

causing significant changes or improvement in a situation

onset

the beginning of something, especially something unpleasant or bad

war veterans

people who fought in the armed forces during a war

traumatic

causing severe shock, upset, or emotional distress

address

deal with

optogenetics

the use of optics (the study of light) and genetics (the study of how features and behaviour of living things are passed on through genes) to control things that happen in cells