The Molecule of More

INDEX

mental flexibility, 151
mental illness
bipolar disorder (manic-depressive
illness), 138, 189–194
and creativity, 109–110, 138–141,
149, 190
and intelligence, 190
paranoia, 87–88, 138–139, 141
psychosis, 111–112, 129
schizophrenia. See schizophrenia
mesocortical circuit, 62. See also dopamine
control circuit
mesolimbic circuit, 30, 62. See also
dopamine desire circuit
methamphetamine, 42
Michelangelo, 17, 219
migration. See also immigration
importance of, 183–184
patterns of and genetics, 185–189
theories of, 188–189
Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 138
Misery (King), 133
models of reality
and abstract thinking, 121, 172
and creativity, 120–121, 125–126,
220
disadvantages of, 124–125
and imagination, 120–122, 126
and latent inhibition, 121
mental time travel, 121–122
poor models, 124
monkeys, experiments with, 5, 77
Monroe, Marilyn, 190
Montagu, Kathleen, 2
moral judgment, 169
morphine, 16, 81
motivation, 30–31, 56, 69, 98–101, 105,
171
motivational enhancement therapy
(MET), 100–101
multitasking, 217–218
Munch, Edvard, 139
music and math, 135

Napier, Jaime, 171

Nasar, Silvia, 112

Nash, John, 112

Newton, Isaac, 138–139

Nicolaou, Nicos, 196

nicotine addiction, 46–47, 51–52, 105

Nietzsche, Friedrich, 190

Nightingale, Florence, 190

Nijinsky, Vaslav, 139

Nobel, Alfred, 137

Nobel laureates, 196

norepinephrine, 2, 92–93

nuclear armageddon, 203

Obama, Barack, 149–150, 155

obesity, 82–83. See also food addiction

O’Connor, Sinéad, 190

O’Keeffe, Georgia, 139

opioids, 45–46, 81

OxyContin, 46, 81

oxytocin, 16, 18, 24, 76, 158. See also Here

and Now neurotransmitters (H&Ns)

paranoia, 87–88, 138–139, 141. See also

schizophrenia

Parkinson’s disease, 47–50, 128

passionate love, 16–18, 21–23, 149

PayPal, 196

peripersonal space, 8–9, 94–95, 120, 156

personalities, dopaminergic. See

dopaminergic personalities

personality constellation (P), 145–146

personality measures, 146–147

Pet Sounds (album), 140–141

Pettigrew, John Douglas, 7–8

Pietà (sculpture), 219

planning and calculation, 8, 17, 61–64,

78–79, 101, 105–106, 116, 156

Plath, Sylvia, 139

Plomer, William, 109

Poe, Edgar Allan, 190

political views