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Index

abscisic acid, 104

abulia, 252

acetylcholine, 122, 134t, 174, 185,

337f

action potential, 128–136, 159, 226,

345

adanamide, 190n

adenosine triphosphate (ATP),

18–20, 26, 28, 29, 33, 40

adenosine, 18, 26, 29, 40, 49, 134,

337f

Adolphs, R., 296n

adrenaline (see epinephrine)

aesthetic experience, 192, 201

agnosticism, 66

alexia without agraphia syndrome,

162n

alien hand syndrome, 251

altruism, 65, 202, 261, 265, 266,

273–275, 278, 291

Alzheimer’s disease, 201

aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (AARS),

23, 24, 53-55

aminoacyl-tRNA, 351

amnesia, anterograde, 211, 214

amnesia, focal, 214, 215

amnesia, global, 214, 215

amnesia, retrograde, 214

amnesia, transient global, 215

amoeba, 83, 84

AMPA receptor, 226

amygdala, 143, 144f, 159, 187–192,

194, 197, 199, 200, 219, 339

ant warfare, 287

anterior cingulate cortex, 188f, 189f,

191, 199, 339

antibody, 114, 117–119

anticodon, 22–24

antigen, 115–119, 123

ants, 262–267, 285f, 287

Aplysia californica (sea slug), 220,

221f

Aquinas, T., 322

archaea, 80

Arnold, M.B., 204n

art, as expression of emotion,

200–203

art, as social sentiment, 271, 272

artificial intelligence, 308, 314

Asch, S.E., 271f

aspartic acid, 25, 39, 50, 52, 134,

337f

astrocytes, 135

atheism, 66

Augustine, 298n, 322

autograft, 110

[“f”= figures; “t” = tables; “n” = notes and references]

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