INDEXself-control. See willpower
self-driving cars, 96
self-efficacy, 69–74, 106, 221
serotonin, 16–17, 168–169, 212. See also
Here and Now neurotransmitters
(H&Ns)
7R allele, 154–155, 185–189. See also
genetics
sex. See also pornography
and companionate love, 18, 158
daydreaming during, 21
and dopamine, 20–21
hypersexuality, 48–50
marriage, waiting for, 22
sexual attraction and testosterone,
19–20
sexual desire, 19–22
stages of, 20
sex addiction, 37, 51–53. See also
pornography
Sexton, Anne, 139
Silicon Valley, 148–149, 196
Sinatra, Frank, 190
Skinner, B. F., 12–13
slot machines, 12–13, 53–54. See also
gambling
smoking (nicotine addiction), 46–47,
51–52, 105
Snapchat, 196
Socrates, 136
Sophocles, 84
Spears, Britney, 190
sports, 73–74, 84, 86, 88, 221
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 133
stimulus-independent thought, 219
Stipe, Michael, 133
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(Stevenson), 133
stress
and addictive behaviors, 39
and adult coloring books, 221
and change, 186–187. See also change
effects of, 187
and multitasking, 218
submissiveness
and agentic relationships, 76–77
courtesy, 78
and dopamine control circuit, 77–78,
106
nonverbal displays of, 71–73
Sullivan, William, 171tangentiality, 119
Taylor, Derek, 141
technology. See also computers
artificial intelligence (AI), 204–205
and gratification of needs and
desires, 205–206
pace of, 202, 204
self-driving cars, 96
video games, 53–56
virtual reality (VR), 207–208
tenacity, 65–69, 78, 96–97, 105
Tesla, Nikola, 139
testosterone, 18–20, 22, 158
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT),
129–130
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 194–195
Trading Places (film), 213
transcranial direct current stimulation
(tDCS), 127
trolley problem, 94–96, 169, 174
Trollope, Anthony, 89
Truman, Harry, 176
Turner, Ted, 190
twelve-step facilitation therapy, 39, 100,
104–105ultimatum game, 168–169
underdogs and comebacks, 73–74
United States
bipolar disorder in, 192–194. See also
bipolar disorder (manic-depressive
illness)
dopaminergic achievement, 195–197