The Molecule of More

Exceptional People (Cameron), 196
experiments of nature, 165
external locus of control, 214–215
extrapersonal space, 8–9, 34, 94–95, 120, 
156, 195
Eye in the Sky (film), 96
fear, 88, 92, 162, 164–165, 171. See also 
emotion
fight-or-flight response, 91–92. See also 
norepinephrine
Fischer, Bobby, 139
Fisher, Carrie, 190
Fisher, Helen, 1, 16, 19, 158
flying primates theory, 7
food addiction, 37. See also addictive 
behaviors; obesity
fraud, 84–87
Freud, Sigmund, 128
gambling, 12, 48–49, 53, 56, 61. See also 
loss aversion
genetics
alleles, 154–155, 184–189
bipolar disorder, 192–194
D4 gene, 154–155, 184–185, 189, 
191
dopaminergic personalities, 187–188
DRD4 gene, 184–185, 191
and entrepreneurship, 196–197
and evolution, 183–184
and group studies, 153–154
and migration patterns, 185–189
and political views, 154–155
and risk taking, 184–186
schizophrenia, 138
geniuses, 135–139
Gentile, Douglas, 53
Gibson, Mel, 190
Glaeser, Edward, 170
glamour, 9–11
Gogh, Vincent van, 139
Google, 196
Griffiths, Roland R., 47
group trends versus individual behavior, 
153–154
guilt, 34, 85, 105, 123. See also emotion
Gyourko, Joseph, 170
hallucination, 110–111, 115, 141
happiness
and affiliative relationships, 201
and altruism, 157
and balance of dopamine and 
H&N, 79–80, 212, 214, 218–220, 
222–223
and companionate love, 17, 23–24
construction workers, 222
conservatives versus liberals, 159, 
161
creative people, 139–140
and Here and Now 
neurotransmitters (H&Ns), 79–80, 
212, 214, 218–220, 222–223
and mastery, 214
and peripersonal space, 8
seeking, 28
and wandering mind, 218–219
and wanting versus liking, 48. See also 
wanting versus liking
harm aversion, 169, 171
hedonistic paradox, 157
Hemingway, Ernest, 190
Herbert, Frank, 93
Here and Now neurotransmitters (H&Ns)
about, 16
and addictive behaviors, 104–105
and affiliative relationships, 76
and altruism, 146, 155, 157
anandamide, 16
and companionate love, 16–18, 24, 
136
concrete thinking (low-level thinking), 
172
and creativity, 140, 219–222

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dopamine, balance with. 
See dopamine and H&N 
neurotransmitters, balancing
and dreaming, 128, 131
and emotion, 16, 57, 90–91, 94–95, 
105–106
and empathy. See empathy
endocannabinoids, 16, 45–46, 76, 
159, 176
endorphins, 16, 20, 24, 45–46, 76, 
159, 176
and fear. See fear
and geniuses, 135–139
guilt, 85, 105
and happiness, 79–80, 212, 214, 
218–220, 222–223
hunger, 68
and intelligence, 152–153
and loss aversion, 164–166
norepinephrine, 2, 92–93
oxytocin, 16, 18, 24, 76, 158
and peripersonal space, 94–95, 120
and political conservatives, 155–159, 
161, 166, 168–176. See also 
conservatives
and relationships, 104, 135–139
serotonin, 16–17, 168–169, 212
and sex, 20–21
testosterone, 18–20, 22, 158
vasopressin, 18, 24, 76, 158
and video games, 55–56
and wanting versus liking, 34–35, 
45–46, 56
heroin, 39–40, 44, 46, 51, 97, 102
high-level thinking, 172
H&Ns. See Here and Now 
neurotransmitters (H&Ns)
Hochschild, Adam, 117
Hoffman, Abbie, 190
The House at Pooh Corner (Milne), 118
human race, potential demise of, 202–208
humanity versus humans, 136–138, 156
hypersexuality, 48–50
hyperthymic temperament, 193–195. See