INDEXand change, 148–149, 151–152, 171,
175–177
conservatives, 148, 155–157, 161
and dopamine, 147–150
extremes, 160
factors influencing people to become
more conservative, 167–169
factors influencing people to become
more liberal, 171–173
and genetics, 154–155
group trends, 153–154, 161
independent voters, 161–162
irrational voters, 161–162
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender (LGBT) people,
acceptance of, 173
liberals, 160, 166, 177
and marriage, 149, 158–160,
173–174
and news reporting, 162–163
policy versus charity, 156–157
progressives, 148
research flaws, 160–161
serotonin, effect of, 168–169
voters, influencing, 161–162
politicians, 174–178, 203
population, decrease in, 206–207
pornography, 50–53, 104–105, 159–160,
208
Postman, Neil, 162–163
Postrel, Virginia, 10
prosocial behavior, 169
psychosis, 111–112, 129. See also
schizophrenia
psychotherapy, 100–105, 124
radishes-and-cookies challenge, 96–98
Raskin, Aza, 218
rats, experiments with, 4–5, 33, 66–68,
103
Reagan, Ronald, 76
Reed, Lou, 190
Reich, Frank, 74
relationships
affiliative, 76, 201, 213, 222
agentic, 75–77
and empathy, 135–136
and Here and Now
neurotransmitters (H&Ns), 104,
135–139
importance of, 104–105, 201
and 7R allele, 187
religious beliefs and teachings, 22, 151,
160, 194, 198
replacement fertility, 206–207
reward circuit, 3–7
reward prediction error, 6–7, 12, 23, 38,
44–45, 53–55, 102, 215
Richards, Keith, 133
risk management, 164–165
Ritalin, 81
Rock, Chris, 150
Romney, Mitt, 150, 155, 173salience, 113–114, 116, 126, 163
same-sex marriage, acceptance of, 173
schizoaffective disorder, 141
schizophrenia
antipsychotics for, 112–116
and creativity, 126, 138–141, 189
and dopamine, 112–113, 189
dopamine, blocking, 114–116
and dreams, 129
genetics, 138
low latent inhibition, 116–119
primary thought process, 128
and salience, 113–114, 116
symptoms of, 111–112
tangentiality, 119
word salad, 120
Schopenhauer, Arthur, 128–129
Schultz, Wolfram, 5
Schulz, Charles, 138
science and art, 134–135
Scientific Games, 12
Seinfeld, Jerry, 150