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
235
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and change, 148–149, 151–152, 171,
175–177
conservatives, 148, 155–157, 161
and dopamine, 147–150
extremes, 160
factors influencing people to become
more conservative, 167–169
factors influencing people to become
more liberal, 171–173
and genetics, 154–155
group trends, 153–154, 161
independent voters, 161–162
irrational voters, 161–162
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender (LGBT) people,
acceptance of, 173
liberals, 160, 166, 177
and marriage, 149, 158–160,
173–174
and news reporting, 162–163
policy versus charity, 156–157
progressives, 148
research flaws, 160–161
serotonin, effect of, 168–169
voters, influencing, 161–162
politicians, 174–178, 203
population, decrease in, 206–207
pornography, 50–53, 104–105, 159–160,
208
Postman, Neil, 162–163
Postrel, Virginia, 10
prosocial behavior, 169
psychosis, 111–112, 129. See also
schizophrenia
psychotherapy, 100–105, 124
radishes-and-cookies challenge, 96–98
Raskin, Aza, 218
rats, experiments with, 4–5, 33, 66–68,
103
Reagan, Ronald, 76
Reed, Lou, 190
Reich, Frank, 74
relationships
affiliative, 76, 201, 213, 222
agentic, 75–77
and empathy, 135–136
and Here and Now
neurotransmitters (H&Ns), 104,
135–139
importance of, 104–105, 201
and 7R allele, 187
religious beliefs and teachings, 22, 151,
160, 194, 198
replacement fertility, 206–207
reward circuit, 3–7
reward prediction error, 6–7, 12, 23, 38,
44–45, 53–55, 102, 215
Richards, Keith, 133
risk management, 164–165
Ritalin, 81
Rock, Chris, 150
Romney, Mitt, 150, 155, 173
salience, 113–114, 116, 126, 163
same-sex marriage, acceptance of, 173
schizoaffective disorder, 141
schizophrenia
antipsychotics for, 112–116
and creativity, 126, 138–141, 189
and dopamine, 112–113, 189
dopamine, blocking, 114–116
and dreams, 129
genetics, 138
low latent inhibition, 116–119
primary thought process, 128
and salience, 113–114, 116
symptoms of, 111–112
tangentiality, 119
word salad, 120
Schopenhauer, Arthur, 128–129
Schultz, Wolfram, 5
Schulz, Charles, 138
science and art, 134–135
Scientific Games, 12
Seinfeld, Jerry, 150
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self-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, 171
tangentiality, 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,
104–105
ultimatum 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
237
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dopaminergic personalities in,
194–198
immigrants. See immigration
politicians, 174–178, 203
replacement fertility rates, 206
Valente, Catherynne M., 183
Van Damme, Jean-Claude, 190
van Gogh, Vincent, 139
vasopressin, 18, 24, 76, 158
video games, 53–56
violence, 87–89
virtual reality (VR), 207–208
wandering mind, 218–220
wanting versus liking, 27, 34–35, 45–48,
53, 56
White, E. B., 211
willpower, 47, 97–101
Wilson, Brian, 140–141
Wilson, Glenn D., 167–168
Wilson, Woodrow, 61
Winnie-the-Pooh, 118, 128
Woolf, Virginia, 139, 190
word salad, 120
Zeta-Jones, Catherine, 190
Document Outline - CONTENTS
- Introduction: UP VERSUS DOWN
- Chapter 1: LOVE
- Chapter 2: DRUGS
- Chapter 3: DOMINATION
- Chapter 4: CREATIVITY AND MADNESS
- Chapter 5: POLITICS
- Chapter 6: PROGRESS
- Chapter 7: HARMONY
- INDEX
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