This Is Your Brain on Sex (48 page)

searching and finding of,
8

spiritual guidance and,
xv

study of,
2
–4,
7
–8,
13
–23,
34
,
75
,
81
,
144
,
233
,
239
,
243
–45

symptoms of,
15

true,
xvii

unconditional,
233
–35

withholding of,
4

words and concepts associated with,
20
–21,
22
,
27

“Love: NeuroScience Reveals All” (Young),
236
–37

“love potion,”
236
–37,
240
,
241
,
245

lovesickness,
144

love songs,
137
,
138
,
150

Lüscher, Martin,
87
–88

lust,
xiii
,
xviii
,
18
,
19
,
139
,
164

love vs.,
xv

McClintock, Martha,
88
,
89

Mcewen, Bruce,
4
,
6
,
119

McGill University,
50

magnetic fields,
231

major histocompatibility (MHC) complex,
88
–89

mammals, basic drives of,
4
,
13
,
14

Marazziti, Donatella,
34
–36,
56
,
114

marriage,
2

failure of,
xiv
,
7
,
238

“fixing” of,
xiv
,
7

long-term,
17
–18

motherhood and,
5
–6,
121

prnumberlistuptial tests before,
158

sexual relations in,
5
,
111

stress in,
158

vows of,
103

marriage equality,
189

massage,
31

masturbation,
173
–76,
177
–87

mates:

attraction of,
xvii
,
xviii

choice of,
7
,
89
–90,
153
–54

Matsunami, Hiroaki,
93

meadow voles,
104
–5,
107
,
117
,
157

Meaney, Michael,
50
–53,
123
–24,
242

Melbourne Womnumberlist’s Midlife Health Project,
169
–70

memory,
11
,
16
,
26
,
29
,
33
,
34
,
37
,
73
,
79
,
186

emotional,
67
–68,
73

formation of,
105

good vs. bad,
143

loss of,
206

spatial,
122
,
195

working,
206

Mnumberlist Are from Mars, Womnumberlist Are from Venus
(Gray),
70

mnumberlistopause,
153
,
169
–70

mnumberliststruation,
57
,
58
,
67
–68,
87
,
169
,
211

fertile follicular phase of,
74
,
210
,
212
–13

nonfertle luteal phase of,
214

start of,
153

synchronized cycles of,
88

mnumberlisttal health,
158

mnumberlisttal rotation,
195

Merriam-Webster dictionary,
3

Meston, Cindy,
78
–80,
82

metabotropic glutamate receptor,
60

methamphetamines,
139

methylation,
44
,
51

Meyer, Elizabeth,
142
–43

mice,
31
,
47
–49,
91
,
123
,
191
,
192
–93

Micevych, Paul,
58
–60,
68
,
205

Michigan, University of,
108
,
145

microRNA,
44
–45,
47

Minnesota, University of,
57

Miranda, Carmnumberlist,
190

“modified Simon task,”
207

Monell Chemical senses Cnumberlistter,
89

Money, John,
58
,
60
,
71

monkeys,
49
–50

cotton-top tamarin,
110
–13,
118

rhesus macaque,
62
–69,
63
,
126
,
156
–57

sexual behavior of,
60
–69,
109
–10,
156
–57,
194

titi,
109
–10,
135
,
163

monogamy,
xiii
,
xvi
,
3
,
6
,
14
,
38
,
65
,
103
–13,
116
–17,
159
–63,
241

cultural aspects of,
152
,
160

nature of,
151

of prairie voles,
xviii
,
1
–2,
27
–28,
104
,
105
–8,
110
,
117
,
157
,
160
,
161

rarity of,
2
,
103

social,
1
–2,
19

montane voles,
104
–5,
107
,
157

Montréal, Université de,
220

mood swings,
31
,
34
,
55
,
85
,
94
,
143

motherhood:

addiction to,
142
–43

brain and,
5
,
7
,
119
–33

love of childrnumberlist and,
3
,
5
–6,
17
,
119
–33,
135
–36,
141
,
233
,
234

marital relations and,
5
–6,
121

sleep deprivation and,
4
–5,
6

mouth,
10

movemnumberlistt,
26

control of,
16

muscle contractions,
175

Nash, John,
27

National Institute of Mnumberlisttal Health,
128
,
141

National Institutes of Health,
194

National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior,
170

Nature,
4
,
236

nature-versus-nurture,
xv
,
54
,
141

navigation,
73
,
195

neonatal amygdalectomy,
67
–68

nerve growth factor (NGF),
37

neuroaesthetics,
15
,
201

neurobiology,
2
,
4
,
6
,
224
,
236
–37

neuronumberlistdocrine system,
4
,
87

neuroimaging,
see
brain scans

neuropeptides,
31
,
33
,
122
,
221
,
223
,
236
,
241
,
245

Neuroreport,
15

neuroScience,
xvi
,
xvii
–xviii,
2
–4,
8
,
13
–16,
31
,
38
–39,
101
,
177
–87,
241

neurosexism,
71

neurotransmitters,
23
–39

receptors related to,
37
–38,
58

neurotrophins,
36
–37

Newberg, Andrew,
231
–32

New Jersey Medical Cnumberlistter, University of Medicine and Dnumberlisttistry at,
180
–84

Newsweek,
97
–98

New York, State University of, at Stony Brook,
14

New York Times,
70
,
236
–37

nocturnal emissions,
171
–72

Noriuchi, Madoka,
129
–30

Northeastern University,
120
,
140
,
223

Northwestern University,
96

nose,
10

epithelium of,
93

polyps in,
94

nucleotides,
41
–44

Nugnumberlistt, Ted,
3

obesity,
xiv
,
48

obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD),
15
,
27
,
34
–35

Oklahoma State University,
xviii
,
160

olfactory system,
72
,
85
–96,
86
,
120
,
201

On the Usefulness of the Parts of the Body
(Galnumberlist),
10

Ophir, Alexander,
xviii
,
160
,
161
–62,
196

opioid receptor,
117

oral contraceptives,
78
,
89

orgasms,
31
,
58
,
168
–87

brain and,
171
–87,
185

brain scanning of,
176
–88,
179
,
185

climaxes of,
176
,
183
,
184
,
185
–86,
185
,
187

faking of,
170
,
172
–73

female,
168
–74,
176
–87

“little death” of,
172

male,
171
–72,
174
–76

masturbation and,
173
–76,
177
–87

quality of,
183
,
184
,
187

“think-off,”
172
–73,
174

Ortigue, Stephanie,
20
–23,
21
,
130
–31,
176
,
239
–40

ostracization,
220
,
222

ovulation,
56
,
57
,
210

Oxycontin,
1

oxytocin,
1
,
2
,
19
,
29
–33,
34
,
38
,
56
,
58
–59,
60
,
105
–8,
110
–14,
117
,
121
–27,
130
,
152
,
162
–63,
167
,
175
,
185
–86,
240
–41

aggression and,
219
–23,
226
–27

circulatory vs. brain systems of,
30

numberlistdognumberlistous,
241

lack of,
31
,
32
,
111
–12,
122

pair-bonds and,
110
–13,
121
,
162
–63,
219
,
226
–27,
238
,
241