The Molecule of More

(Jacob Rumans) #1
INDEX

Exceptional People (Cameron), 196
experiments of nature, 165
external locus of control, 214–215
extrapersonal space, 8–9, 34, 94–95, 120,
156, 195
Eye in the Sky (film), 96


fear, 88, 92, 162, 164–165, 171. See also
emotion
fight-or-flight response, 91–92. See also
norepinephrine
Fischer, Bobby, 139
Fisher, Carrie, 190
Fisher, Helen, 1, 16, 19, 158
flying primates theory, 7
food addiction, 37. See also addictive
behaviors; obesity
fraud, 84–87
Freud, Sigmund, 128

gambling, 12, 48–49, 53, 56, 61. See also
loss aversion
genetics
alleles, 154–155, 184–189
bipolar disorder, 192–194
D4 gene, 154–155, 184–185, 189,
191
dopaminergic personalities, 187–188
DRD4 gene, 184–185, 191
and entrepreneurship, 196–197
and evolution, 183–184
and group studies, 153–154
and migration patterns, 185–189
and political views, 154–155
and risk taking, 184–186
schizophrenia, 138
geniuses, 135–139
Gentile, Douglas, 53
Gibson, Mel, 190
Glaeser, Edward, 170
glamour, 9–11
Gogh, Vincent van, 139
Google, 196

Griffiths, Roland R., 47
group trends versus individual behavior,
153–154
guilt, 34, 85, 105, 123. See also emotion
Gyourko, Joseph, 170

hallucination, 110–111, 115, 141
happiness
and affiliative relationships, 201
and altruism, 157
and balance of dopamine and
H&N, 79–80, 212, 214, 218–220,
222–223
and companionate love, 17, 23–24
construction workers, 222
conservatives versus liberals, 159,
161
creative people, 139–140
and Here and Now
neurotransmitters (H&Ns), 79–80,
212, 214, 218–220, 222–223
and mastery, 214
and peripersonal space, 8
seeking, 28
and wandering mind, 218–219
and wanting versus liking, 48. See also
wanting versus liking
harm aversion, 169, 171
hedonistic paradox, 157
Hemingway, Ernest, 190
Herbert, Frank, 93
Here and Now neurotransmitters (H&Ns)
about, 16
and addictive behaviors, 104–105
and affiliative relationships, 76
and altruism, 146, 155, 157
anandamide, 16
and companionate love, 16–18, 24,
136
concrete thinking (low-level thinking),
172
and creativity, 140, 219–222
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