INDEXdopamine receptors, 93–94, 114–116,
147, 154, 184, 191. See also D4 gene
dopamine transporter, 191–193
dopaminergic personalities
and bipolar disorder, 194. See also
bipolar disorder (manic-depressive
illness)
creative geniuses, 136–137
and dopamine control circuit, 89–90
and dopamine desire circuit, 89–91,
114, 135–140, 148–149
genetics, 187–188. See also genetics
and immigration, 195–198. See also
immigration
liberals, 154–157, 159, 161, 165–166
and stress, 187
in United States, 194–198
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 137
DRD4 gene, 184–185, 191
dream incubation, 132–134
dreams, 128–134
drug addiction
cocaine, 3–4, 38, 40–44, 46, 69, 191
craving, 43–45
and desire circuit, 36–40, 43, 47
and dopamine, 3, 23, 44–45
heroin, 39–40, 44, 46, 51, 97, 102
and impulsiveness, 46–47
nicotine, 46–47
opioids, 45–46, 81
OxyContin, 46, 81
psychotherapy for, 100–105
rate of onset of action, 40–43
and self-efficacy, 69–70
triggers, 39, 101–102
wanting versus liking, 34–35, 45–48,
53, 56
and willpower, 99–100. See also
willpower
Duke, Patty, 190
Dune (Herbert), 93
eBay, 196
Edison, Thomas A., 65
Einstein, Albert, 136, 138, 156, 170
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 77
emotion
Here and Now neurotransmitters
(H&Ns), 16, 57, 90–91, 94–95,
105–106
intelligence and emotional
development, 152–153
suppression of, 78–79, 88–95, 105–
106, 201
empathy
and dopamine control circuit, 94–96
and geniuses, 135
and Here and Now
neurotransmitters (H&Ns), 94–96
and peripersonal space, 94
political conservatives, 146, 155, 173
for unborn child and ability to quit
smoking, 105
endocannabinoids, 16, 45–46, 76,
159, 176. See also Here and Now
neurotransmitters (H&Ns)
endorphins, 16, 20, 24, 45–46, 76,
159, 176. See also Here and Now
neurotransmitters (H&Ns)
entrepreneurship and immigrants,
196–197
evolution
dopamine control circuit,
evolutionary development of,
63–64, 91
dopamine desire circuit, evolutionary
development of, 29–31, 37, 105
and future of humanity, 202–208
genetics, 183–184. See also genetics
and migration, 183–189
and pace of technology, 202
social functioning, importance of,
187
of survival and reproduction, 3,
29–31, 37, 63–64, 86, 202
evolutionary computing, 204