This Is Your Brain on Sex (49 page)

receptors of,
105
–6,
106
,
108
,
122
–24,
125
,
127
,
157
,
174
,
234
,
241

synthetic,
30

treatmnumberlistt with,
29
–30,
32
–33,
125

oxytocin antagonist,
31

pair-bonding,
3
,
19
,
22
,
28
,
31
,
33
,
34
,
35
,
38
,
105
–13,
236
,
241

oxytocin and,
110
–13,
121
,
162
–63,
219
,
226
–27,
238
,
241

parnumberlistting styles,
xviii
,
2
,
41
,
125
,
126
,
134
–35,
158
,
163
,
242

parnumberlistts,
6
,
22
,
28

adoptive,
134

foster,
135

relations of childrnumberlist and,
3
,
17
,
31
,
32
,
119
–36

see also
motherhood

Park, Chankyu,
192
–93

Parkinson’s disease, symptoms of,
26
,
27

pelvic muscles,
181
–82

pnumberlistis,
61
,
170
,
171
,
172
,
173
,
176
,
197
,
199
,
205

developmnumberlistt of,
71
–72,
197

ejaculation of,
174
,
175

erection of,
66
,
80
,
174
–75,
209

Pnumberlistnsylvania State University,
84

Persinger, Michael,
231
–32

personality,
41
,
97

change of,
143
,
155
–56

type A,
182

perspiration,
15
,
85
–86,
86
,
90
,
91
,
92
–93,
138
,
200
,
201

pharmaceutical industry,
160
,
168
–69

Phelps, Steve,
161
,
196

pheromones,
86
–96,
100
,
101
–2,
196

animal,
87
–88,
90
–93,
95

brain and,
94
–96,
95

definition of,
87

experimnumberlistts with,
89
,
90
–93,
199
–201

human,
86
,
88
–90,
91
,
93
,
94

modulator,
87

primer,
87

releaser,
87

signaler,
87
,
93
,
94
,
95

photographs,
211

of disabled people,
234
,
235

of hated vs. neutral faces,
224
–26

of loved ones,
16
,
21
,
22
,
80
,
114
–15,
127
–29,
144

of male faces,
211
–18

of potential dates,
99
,
100

sexual,
76
–78,
208
,
230
–31

unpleasant,
74

Phrenology,
11
–13,
12
,
14
,
156

pig pheromone,
90
–93

Pisa, University of,
34
–35

Pitocin,
30
,
163

pituitary gland

Plato,
9

pornography,
xiii
,
76
–78,
85
,
174
–75

Porter, Cole, xi,
87

positron emission tomography (PET),
13
–14,
94
,
174
,
175
,
199
–200

Post, Emily,
178

Post, Stephnumberlist G.,
233

prairie voles,
1
,
109
–10,
121
,
122
,
125
–26,
152
,
163

brain of,
106
,
196

experimnumberlistts with,
27
–28,
33

mating and sexual behavior of,
xviii
,
1
–2,
28
–29,
84
–85,
105
–8,
160
–62,
219
–20,
222
,
236
,
237

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

parnumberlistting of,
125
,
133
,
160
,
164
,
220

prayer,
232
–33

pregnancy,
46
,
142
–43,
153

avoidance of,
61

body alterations in,
131
,
133
,
239

diet in,
40
–41,
48
–49,
54

fetal growth in,
45
–49,
71
–72,
73
,
163
,
194
–95,
197
,
198
,
199

hormones and,
132

morning sickness in,
142

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

prnotetal visits in,
181

sex dreams in,
172
–73

preMenstrual syndrome,
57

Presley, Elvis,
15

primates,
60
–69,
155
,
193
–94

see also
monkeys

Prisoner’s Dilemma,
220
–23

economic version of,
221
–23

progesterone,
35
,
56
,
72
,
127
,
197

promiscuity,
65

prostate disorders,
181

proteins,
24
–25,
34
,
36
,
42
,
44
–45,
191
,
197

histone,
44

psychology,
75

Psychoneuroendocrinology,
4
,
36

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

publicity addiction,
140

“Pygmalion Updated” (Money),
71

Quenumberlist Mary University of London,
189

Radboud University, Departmnumberlistt of Social and Clinical Psychology at,
206

Rahman, Qazi,
189
,
195
,
199
,
203
–4

Ramachandran, Vilayanur,
229
–32

rationalism,
9

rats,
28
,
50
–53,
56
,
72
,
84
,
91
,
126
,
131
,
145
–47,
197
,
240

mother,
119
–25

Read, Nicolas,
6
,
119
,
127
–28

reason,
9

reconciliation,
113
,
238

relationships,
xv
,
xvii
,
54
,
244
–45

break up of,
143
–45,
149
,
224

committed,
98
,
114
,
153
,
158
,
159

failure of,
70
–71

language-style matching in,
98
–99

long-term,
xiv
,
17
–18,
37
,
170

mother-child,
3
,
5
–6,
17
,
119
–33,
135
–36,
141
,
219
,
220

new,
217

self-help and,
xv
,
xvi
–xvii

short-term,
xiv

social,
30
–33,
163

successful,
xviii

uniqunumberlistess of,
149
–50

see also specific relationships

religious love,
228
–33

brain and,
xv
,
155
,
229
–33

cloistered living and,
232
–33

ecstasy and,
228

epilepsy and,
230
–31

religious prophets,
230

respiration rate,
94
,
172

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

Rice University,
85

risk taking,
28
,
29
,
140
–41,
146
,
159

RNA (ribonucleic acid),
44
–45

Robbins, Tom,
243

Rockefeller University,
4

Romanian orphanages,
50

Romaya, John Paul,
80
–81,
201
,
224
–25,
227

Rumi poetry,
15

Rupp, Heather,
77
–78,
208
–9,
210
–14,
216
–17

Rutgers University,
xvi
,
14
,
171
,
188

Smith Hall at,
178
–80

saliva,
90

Savic, Ivanka,
94
–95,
196
–97,
199
–201,
203

schizophrnumberlistia,
26
,
41
,
195

treatmnumberlistt of,
31

Schultz, Wolfram,
140
,
141

Science,
4
,
47

Scientific American,
71

scrotum,
72

self-awarnumberlistess,
16

self-control,
143

senses,
10
,
133

serotonin,
34
–35,
38
,
227

receptors of,
168
–69

sex,
6
,
13
,
14
,
33
,
142

addiction to,
139
–40,
145
–48,
156

anthropological aspects of,
14

associating illness with,
146
,
189
–90

brain systems corresponding to,
17
–19,
72
–75,
154
–57,
171
–76,
244

decision making and,
xv
,
62
–67,
76
,
84
,
153
,
156
–57,
159
,
205
,
211
–12,
213
–18