The Molecule of More

Democracy in America (de Tocqueville), 
194–195
demographic trends, 206–208
Descartes’ Error (Damasio), 152
desire. See also dopamine desire circuit
and addictive behaviors, 36–40, 43, 
47
anticipation, 33–34
and brain anatomy, 29–30
buyer’s remorse, 34–35
and choices, 28–29, 46–47, 56
and destructive behavior, 27, 56
and evolution of survival and 
reproduction, 29–31, 37. See also 
evolution
and glamour, 9–11
and salience, 113–114
sexual. See sex
wanting versus liking, 34–35, 45–48, 
53, 56
Dickens, Charles, 190
divorce, 149, 159–160, 175–176
DNA, changes in and alcohol addiction, 
103–104
dominance
and cheating, 84–87
and imbalance of dopamine, 78–80
nonverbal displays of, 71–73
planning and calculation, 61–64, 
78–79, 105–106
relationships formed for goal 
achievement, 75–77
and self-efficacy, 69–74, 106
and submissive behavior, 71–73, 
76–78, 106
tenacity, 65–69, 78, 96–97, 105
through violence, 87–89
dopamine
as anticipation molecule, 16. See also 
anticipation
and behavior prediction, 3
control circuit. See dopamine control 
circuit
core being, identifying with 
dopamine circuits, 201–202
desire circuit. See dopamine desire 
circuit
discovery of, 2
early experiments with, 2–5
and essence of humanity, 198–202
and evolution of survival and 
reproduction, 3, 29–31, 37, 63–64, 
86, 202
and extrapersonal space, 8–9. See also 
extrapersonal space
Here and Now (H&N) 
neurotransmitters, balancing 
with. See dopamine and H&N 
neurotransmitters, balancing
and Parkinson’s disease, 47–50, 128
and peripersonal space, 8–9. See also 
peripersonal space
as pleasure molecule, 2–3, 23
dopamine and H&N neurotransmitters, 
balancing
and addictive behaviors, 104–105
and creativity, 219–222
dopamine control circuit, 79, 96

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and happiness, 79–80, 212, 214, 
218–220, 222–223
intellectual and physical activity, 
combining, 221–222
internal locus of control, 214–215
multitasking, avoiding, 218
and nature, 216–217
need for, 212–213
and reward prediction error, 215. See 
also reward prediction error
through enriched environment, 
215–216
through mastery of skill or subject, 
214–215
dopamine control circuit
and abstract thinking, 57, 62–63, 
105–106, 150, 172, 202, 223
and ADHD, 80–83
and aggressive behavior, 88–89
and alcohol addiction, 103–104
and antipsychotic medication, 
115–116
brain anatomy, 57, 62–63
and cheating, 87
core being, identifying with 
dopamine circuits, 201–202
domination of environment, 61–64, 
77–79, 105–106
and dopamine desire circuit, 105–
106
dopaminergic personalities, 89–90
emotion suppression, 88, 90–95, 
105–106
evolutionary development of, 63–64, 
91
fight or flight response, 91–93
and H&N neurotransmitters, 79, 96
imagination and creativity, 63. See 
also creativity; imagination
imbalance in, effects of, 78–80, 96–
97. See also dopamine and H&N 
neurotransmitters, balancing
opposition to. See dopamine desire 
circuit
planning and calculation, 61–64, 
78–79, 101, 105–106, 116. See also 
planning and calculation
radishes-and-cookies challenge, 
96–98
role of, 56–57, 61–64, 79–80, 87
and submissive behavior, 77–78, 106.