The Brain\'s Body Neuroscience and Corporeal Politics

180 INDEX

neural constructivism, 136n7
neurogovernance, 6, 8, 18, 20, 38 – 40, 65,
116, 124, 132n24
neuroimaging: limitations of, 136 – 37n8;
and localization theory, 26; and mir-
ror neurons, 71, 72, 81, 84, 86 – 87; and
plasticity, 26, 29, 138nn15 – 16; and
purported neural effects of poverty,
37; and sex difference research, 31,
138n18
neuroplasticity: in adolescence, 26 – 27,
30 – 31, 123, 137n9; in adults, 26, 28 – 30,
138nn15 – 16; as becoming, 12, 17, 22,
25, 30, 41, 125; and capitalism, 18;
and cortical remapping, 50, 137n12,
137 – 38n13; and extended cognition,
29, 50; genetic predisposition for,
30; history of, 23, 24 – 46, 134 – 35n2,
135nn3 – 4, 141n25; limits of, 25 – 26,
30; and mirror neurons, 83 – 84, 87,
88 – 89; and oxytocin, 107, 149n6,
150n10; representations of, 18 – 20,
24, 17, 120; and sex/gender, 12, 22 – 23,
29, 32 – 34, 119, 122, 123 – 25, 130n10,
139n19; and visual cortex, 25 – 26. See
also brain modification; Hebb’s the-
ory of associative learning; long- term
potentiation
neuroreductionism, 3, 5 – 6, 44, 45 – 46,
63, 73, 81, 82, 115, 116, 121 – 25
neurosexism, 6, 135 – 36n4. See also
sexed brain
neurotransmission, history of, 135nn4 – 6
Noë, Alva, 48, 55, 56
nonhuman animals, 43, 96, 105, 109, 110,
113, 114, 117, 134n1, 139n19, 149n5. See
also cats; horses; monkeys; voles

Ophir, Alexander, 103 – 4, 113 – 14
Ortega, Francisco, 5, 18
Oshner, Kevin, 76, 89
oxytocin, 14, 99 – 118; and attachment,
14, 97, 99, 100, 101, 104 – 8, 149n5,

149 – 50n7, 150n10; and autism, 87, 102,

116; and biobehavioral synchrony,

110 – 11; discovery of, 100; as drug, 101,

116, 120; and lactation, 100, 105, 106,

107, 108, 109; and memory, 14, 97, 101;

and neurogovernance, 116; and pair

bonding, 14, 99, 103 – 4, 111 – 15; and

parturition, 100, 103, 105, 106, 149n4;

plasticity of, 107, 149n6, 150n10; and

sexual behavior, 101, 149n2; 151n11;

and trust, 101 – 2, 149n3. See also ma-

ternal brain theory

Papdopoulos, Dimitris, 18

performativity, 13, 34 – 36, 41, 133n30,

140 – 41n22

poverty, neural effects of (purported),

12, 13, 22 – 23, 28, 31, 33, 36 – 40, 123 – 24,

137n11, 141n23

pragmatism, 45, 47 – 48, 134n1, 145n13.

See also Dewey, John; James, William

prefrontal cortex: in adolescents, 27, 31,

123; and executive function, 39, 40;

and maternal brain, 40; modification

of, 40; and socioeconomic status, 36

Price, Janet, 59, 60, 145n15, 146n18

Prinz, Jesse, 4, 47, 57, 89

prosthetics, 4, 50, 56, 58 – 59, 62, 142n4.

See also cyborgs; extended cognition

Protevi, John, 54, 64, 82, 132n22

Puar, Jasbir, 52, 53, 59, 131n16,

144 – 45nn11 – 13

race: and affect, 53, 78 – 79, 82 – 83; as

assemblage, 146n14; and disability,

60; and embodied experience, 9, 10,

51, 52, 82, 92, 133n31; and epistemic

difference, 9, 52, 82, 133n31, 144n9;

and intersectionality, 51 – 52, 144n9,

144n11, 145nn12 – 14; and neuro-

scientific practices, 12, 13, 37 – 40, 51,

52, 53, 131n14; and phenomenology,

10, 52