The Molecule of More

INDEX

access to alcohol, ease of, 51–52
cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT),
101–102
continuing use in absence of
pleasure, 44
and DNA, changes in, 103–104
and dopamine desire circuit, 35–38,
40–43
triggers, 101–103
twelve-step programs, 39, 100,
104–105
and willpower, 97, 100. See also
willpower
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 39, 104–105
Aldrin, Buzz, 78–80, 83
alleles, 154–155, 184–189
Allende, Isabel, 192
altruism, 146, 155, 157
amphetamine, 69–70, 81, 123
Amusing Ourselves to Death (Postman), 162
amygdala, 164–165
anandamide, 16. See also Here and Now
neurotransmitters (H&Ns)
anticipation
and dopamine desire circuit, 33–34
and love, 3–7, 9, 13, 16–17, 20, 23
and reward prediction error, 5–7,

215. See also reward prediction
     error
     and sex, 3–4, 20–22
     antidepressants, 168, 212
     antipsychotic medication, 87–88, 111–
     112, 115–116
     Aristotle, 28, 223
     Armstrong, Lance, 84
     art and science, 134–135
     artificial intelligence (AI), 204–205
     attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 
     (ADHD), 80–83
     auditory hallucination (hearing voices),
     110–111, 141. See also hallucination;
     schizophrenia
     Augustine, Saint, 102, 211

autism, 136

Avatar (film), 212–213

Bai, Matt, 148

balancing dopamine and H&N

neurotransmitters. See dopamine and

H&N neurotransmitters, balancing

Barrett, Deirdre, 132

A Beautiful Mind (Nasar), 112

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 139

Berridge, Kent, 45

Bierce, Ambrose, 145

biofeedback, 99

bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness),

138, 189–194

bipolar spectrum, 193–194

birth rates, 206–207

Bizarreness Density Index, 129

brain

amygdala, 164–165

development in adolescents, 54,

80–81

dopamine-producing cells in,

198–199

frontal lobes (neocortex), 54, 57, 63,

80–81, 103, 115, 132

non-conscious activities, control of,

199–201

secondary visual cortex, 132

ventral tegmental area of, 29–30, 62,

98–99

Buffalo Bills, 73–74

buyer’s remorse, 34–35

Cabaser (Parkinson’s medication), 49

Caldicott, David, 93

Calhoun, John, 177

Carnegie, Andrew, 192

change

ability to change, 83

and conservatives, 148, 171, 197

and liberals, 148–149, 152, 171, 197

love relationship, 7, 9, 16–17