INDEXdopamine, balance with.
See dopamine and H&N
neurotransmitters, balancing
and dreaming, 128, 131
and emotion, 16, 57, 90–91, 94–95,
105–106
and empathy. See empathy
endocannabinoids, 16, 45–46, 76,
159, 176
endorphins, 16, 20, 24, 45–46, 76,
159, 176
and fear. See fear
and geniuses, 135–139
guilt, 85, 105
and happiness, 79–80, 212, 214,
218–220, 222–223
hunger, 68
and intelligence, 152–153
and loss aversion, 164–166
norepinephrine, 2, 92–93
oxytocin, 16, 18, 24, 76, 158
and peripersonal space, 94–95, 120
and political conservatives, 155–159,
161, 166, 168–176. See also
conservatives
and relationships, 104, 135–139
serotonin, 16–17, 168–169, 212
and sex, 20–21
testosterone, 18–20, 22, 158
vasopressin, 18, 24, 76, 158
and video games, 55–56
and wanting versus liking, 34–35,
45–46, 56
heroin, 39–40, 44, 46, 51, 97, 102
high-level thinking, 172
H&Ns. See Here and Now
neurotransmitters (H&Ns)
Hochschild, Adam, 117
Hoffman, Abbie, 190
The House at Pooh Corner (Milne), 118
human race, potential demise of, 202–208
humanity versus humans, 136–138, 156
hypersexuality, 48–50
hyperthymic temperament, 193–195. See
also bipolar disorder (manic-depressive
illness)
hypomania, 193. See also bipolar disorder
(manic-depressive illness)imagination
and creativity, 126, 220
and dopamine control circuit, 57, 63
and glamour, 10–11
and letdown, 23, 33
and love, 23–24
and models of reality, 120–122, 126
and video games, 54–55
immigration. See also migration
and achievement, 195–198
and bipolar disorder, 192–194
conservative views on, 169–171, 173
and dopaminergic personalities,
195–198
and entrepreneurship, 196–197
and genetics, 189. See also migration
liberal views on, 170–171
and Silicon Valley, 196
United States as country of
immigrants, 192, 195
impulsiveness, 46–48, 54, 80–83, 136,
146–147, 154
infidelity, 97, 136, 158–159, 161, 174
Intel, 196
intellectual and physical activity,
combining, 221
intelligence
artificial intelligence (AI), 204–205
and bipolar disorder, 190
conservatives versus liberals, 150–152
defined, 152–153
and emotional development, 152–
153
and Here and Now
neurotransmitters (H&Ns),
152–153
and mental illness, 190