The Molecule of More

(Jacob Rumans) #1
INDEX

and mental illness, 109–110, 138–
141, 149, 190
and models of reality, 120–121,
125–126, 220
and salience, 126
and schizophrenia, 126, 138–141, 
189
stimulating, 126–128
cyclothymia, 193. See also bipolar disorder
(manic-depressive illness)

D4 gene, 154–155, 184–185, 189, 191. See
also genetics
Damasio, Antonio, 152
Darwin, Charles, 139
Davies, Ray, 190
delusions, 69, 111–112, 114–115, 139,



  1. See also schizophrenia
    Democracy in America (de Tocqueville),
    194–195
    demographic trends, 206–208
    Descartes’ Error (Damasio), 152
    desire. See also dopamine desire circuit
    and addictive behaviors, 36–40, 43,
    47
    anticipation, 33–34
    and brain anatomy, 29–30
    buyer’s remorse, 34–35
    and choices, 28–29, 46–47, 56
    and destructive behavior, 27, 56
    and evolution of survival and
    reproduction, 29–31, 37. See also
    evolution
    and glamour, 9–11
    and salience, 113–114
    sexual. See sex
    wanting versus liking, 34–35, 45–48,
    53, 56
    Dickens, Charles, 190
    divorce, 149, 159–160, 175–176
    DNA, changes in and alcohol addiction,
    103–104
    dominance


and cheating, 84–87
and imbalance of dopamine, 78–80
nonverbal displays of, 71–73
planning and calculation, 61–64,
78–79, 105–106
relationships formed for goal
achievement, 75–77
and self-efficacy, 69–74, 106
and submissive behavior, 71–73,
76–78, 106
tenacity, 65–69, 78, 96–97, 105
through violence, 87–89
dopamine
as anticipation molecule, 16. See also
anticipation
and behavior prediction, 3
control circuit. See dopamine control
circuit
core being, identifying with
dopamine circuits, 201–202
desire circuit. See dopamine desire
circuit
discovery of, 2
early experiments with, 2–5
and essence of humanity, 198–202
and evolution of survival and
reproduction, 3, 29–31, 37, 63–64,
86, 202
and extrapersonal space, 8–9. See also
extrapersonal space
Here and Now (H&N)
neurotransmitters, balancing
with. See dopamine and H&N
neurotransmitters, balancing
and Parkinson’s disease, 47–50, 128
and peripersonal space, 8–9. See also
peripersonal space
as pleasure molecule, 2–3, 23
dopamine and H&N neurotransmitters,
balancing
and addictive behaviors, 104–105
and creativity, 219–222
dopamine control circuit, 79, 96
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