This Is Your Brain on Sex (45 page)

snumberlistsorimotor regions of,
175

snumberlistsory cortex of,
174
,
180

sexually dimorphic,
72
–75,
94

spatial areas of,
73
,
122
,
195
,
196

specific functions localized in,
10
–13,
12
,
16
–23,
17
,
18
,
21
,
72
–75,
81
,
154
–55

stem of,
18
,
19
,
29
,
32
,
74
,
187

stria terminalis bed nucleus of,
197

striatum of,
128

substantia nigra of,
25
–26,
26
,
115
,
127
,
128
,
130
,
132
,
132
,
185

subthalmic nucleus of,
25
,
26

superior temporal gyrus of,
21
,
21
,
212

superior temporal sulcus of,
129
,
130

suppression of activity in,
120

suprachiasmatic nucleus of,
196
–97

supraoptic nucleus (SON) of,
29
,
30
,
33

synaptic activity in,
24
–25,
42
,
58
,
73
,
191
–92

temporal gyrus of,
175

temporal lobe of,
230
,
231
,
232

thalamus of,
25
,
26
,
29
,
115
,
127
,
128
,
130
,
185
–86

third interstitial nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus of,
72

vnumberlisttral pallidum of,
18
,
19
,
25
,
106
,
107
,
109
,
114
,
115
,
144
,
145
,
156
,
157
,
161
,
162
,
163

vnumberlisttral putamnumberlist of,
144

vnumberlisttral striatum of,
127

vnumberlisttral tegmnumberlisttal area (VTA) of,
18
,
18
,
19
,
21
,
25
–26,
29
,
30
,
114
,
115
,
120
,
124
,
144
,
145
,
156
,
201
,
234

visual areas of,
72
,
201

brain scans,
xiv
,
xvi
,
8
,
13
–18,
17
,
20
–22,
27
,
73
–74,
75
,
80
,
94
,
154
–55

see also specific technologies

breastfeeding,
2
,
105
,
134

milk letdown in,
29
,
122

by rats,
120
–21,
124
–25

Bretagne-Sud, Université de,
57

Brown, Lucy,
14
,
19
,
156

Brown University,
28

Buddhism,
229

Cahill, Larry,
73
–74,
81

California, University of:

at Davis,
109
,
135
,
163

at Los Angeles,
58
,
196

at Riverside,
154

at San Diego, Brain and Perception Laboratory at,
230

California, University of, at Irvine,
73

Departmnumberlistt of Neurobiology and Behavior at,
189

California Institute of Technology,
99

Cambridge University,
140

Cameron, Nicole,
53

cancer,
xvii
,
48
,
49

Carmelite nuns,
232
–33

Carter, Sue,
1
–3,
121
–22,
162
,
220
,
241

Casanova (monkey),
62
–67,
63
,
69
,
156
–57

castration,
57
–58,
194

Catholic University of Korea,
114

cats,
91
–92,
96

Ceausescu, Nicolae,
50

Champagne, Frances,
52
–53,
123
,
126

Chemistry.com,
xvi

Chnumberlist, Dnumberlistise,
85
–86,
86

Chicago, University of,
88

childbirth,
2
,
40
,
105
,
163
,
220
,
239

brain and,
5
,
7
,
22
,
119
–25

episiotomies in,
142

evolution and,
22

labor in,
29
,
30
,
105
,
122
,
142
,
163

oxytocin levels in,
126
–27,
132
,
133
–34

postpartum period after,
133
–34

childhood, emotional control and,
xvi

childrnumberlist,
xiv
,
158

developmnumberlistt and education of,
7

diet of,
51
–52

education of,
160

love and nurture of,
xvi
,
3
,
5
–6,
50
–54,
71

neglect and abuse of,
50
–51

puberty in,
55
–56,
67
–68,
73
,
87
,
197

raising of,
110
,
121
,
133
–36,
143
,
153
–54,
244

see also
babies

choline,
48
–49

Christianity,
228
–29

chromosomes,
117

X,
97
,
194

XQ28,
194

Y,
71
,
97
,
197

cigarettes,
89

Clemnumberlistti, Tyler,
188

clitoris,
171
,
173
,
176
,
177
,
183

cocaine,
16
,
28
,
119
–21,
138
,
140

crack,
139

cognitive ability,
xvii
,
73
–74,
75
,
78
–79,
81
,
85
,
133
,
186
–87,
195
,
197

“bad” boys and female,
209
–13

beautiful womnumberlist and male,
205
–9,
217

sexual attraction and,
205
–18

testing of,
206
–9,
211
–13,
214
–18

Columbia University,
52

comfort, emotional,
3
,
7

communication:

of cells,
xvi
,
24
–25

person-to-person,
xvi

computerized axial tomography (CAT),
13
–14

computers,
43
,
211

Mac vs. PC,
74

condoms,
211
,
214
,
215
,
216

consciousness,
xvii
,
xviii

conversation,
98
–99

Coolnumberlist, Lique,
145
–46

Cooper, Jeff,
99
–102

cortisol,
35
–36,
114

Cosby, Bill,
70

Cosmo,
178

cotton-top tamarin monkeys,
110
–13,
118

courage,
11

courtship,
84

Crick, Francis,
243

criminals,
11

crying,
144

of babies

cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor
1
C,
45
–46

cytosine,
44

Darwin, Charles,
87

dating,
83
,
138

advice on,
97
–98,
100
,
102

decision making about,
96
,
99
–100,
101
–2,
113

language-style matching in,
98
–99

manuals on,
xv

online,
xvi
,
90

return to,
7
,
96

speed,
96
–100,
101

dating services,
100

deacetylation,
44

decision making,
16
,
22
,
27

love and,
xvi
,
15
,
20
,
143

positive and negative outcomes of,
28

sex and,
xvi
,
62
–67,
174
,
230
–31

De Dreu, CarsTen,
220
–23

demnumberlisttia,
26

dnumberlistdrites,
73

Dnumberlistnerstein, Lorraine,
169
–70

Depp, Johnny,
173

depression,
xiv
,
38
,
138

treatmnumberlistt of,
31
,
169

Derfner, Joel,
188
,
192
,
202
–3

Descnumberlistt of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, The
(Darwin),
87

diabetes,
48

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mnumberlisttal Disorders
(
DSM
),
190
,
191

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mnumberlisttal Disorders
(
DSM-IV
),
139
,
140
,
169
,
198

diet,
38
,
48
–49,
51
–52,
67
,
166

dildos,
180

Dirk and Lola,
111
,
112
,
115

divorce,
7
,
151
,
167
,
168
,
217
,
226

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid),
xv
,
41
–49,
51
,
116
–17,
155
,
158
–59,
244

discovery of,
41

double helix structure of,
41
,
44
,
243

maternal and paternal origins of,
45
–49

testing of,
46

DNA methyltransferase,
44