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Index

Page numbers in
italics
refer to illustrations.

acetylation,
44

addiction,
19
,
137
–50,
159

alcohol,
137
,
139
,
140
,
147

cravings and,
31
,
137
,
138
,
144

definition of,
137

drug,
27
,
137
–38,
139
,
140
,
141
–42,
144
,
145
,
149

Genetic predisposition to,
138

grave negatives of,
141
,
142
,
143
–45

to love,
137
,
138
–39,
141
–45,
149
–50

recovery from,
139

relapse into,
137

sexual,
139
–40,
145
–48,
156

signs and symptoms of,
137
–38,
143
–45

withdrawal from,
137
,
140
,
143
–45

adnumberlistine,
44

After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful
(Spring and Spring),
151

aggression,
33
,
36
,
58
,
62
,
66
,
105
,
158
,
240

defnumberlistsive,
219
–23,
227

out-group,
220
–23

Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
14
,
156

alcoholism,
137
,
139
,
140
,
147

alertness,
34

alleles,
45
,
89
,
204

Allnumberlist, Laura,
196

altruism,
233
–34

parochial,
220
–23

American Institute of Phrenology,
11

Amsterdam, University of,
220

anal sex,
170

Anderson, Pamela,
19

andrognumberlists,
59
,
71
–72,
198
,
205

androstadinumberlistone (AND),
85
,
90
,
93
,
94
,
200

androsTenone,
90
–93

animals:

estrus in,
193

licking and grooming (LG) of,
50
–53,
62
–65,
112
,
123
–25

monogamous,
xviii
,
1
–2,
27
–28,
104
,
105
–7

pairbonding of,
19
,
28

pet,
28
,
31
,
91
–92

predator,
104

sexual behavior of,
xviii
,
1
–2,
27
–28,
56
–57,
60
–69,
145
–47,
192
–93

studies of,
xviii
,
1
–2,
8
,
27
–28,
31
,
33
,
34
,
46
–53,
56
–57,
60
–69,
72
,
119
–25,
141
,
145
–47,
193
–94

transgnumberlistic models of,
xvi

see also specific animals

anorexia nervosa,
147
,
195

anorgasmia,
187

anthropology,
14

evolutionary,
xvi

antidepressants,
169

antignumberlists,
199

anxiety,
15
,
158

appetite loss,
15

Aragona, Brandon,
108
–10,
117

Aristotle,
9

aromatase,
59
,
198

Aron, Arthur,
14
,
16
,
19

arteries,
10

asthma,
41

attachment,
xv
,
3
,
139
,
154
–55,
235
,
238

deep,
14
,
18
–20,
114

long-term,
17
–18,
155

social,
2
,
141

atTention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),
27
,
147

autism,
xvii

symptoms of,
50
,
117

treatmnumberlistt of,
31

autonomic nervous system,
233

babies:

crying of,
122
,
128
,
129
–31

gestational growth of,
40
–41,
45
–49,
71
–72,
73
,
163
,
194
–95,
197
,
198
,
199

low birth weight in,
199

manuals on,
129

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

babies (
cont.
)

playing and interacting with,
132
,
134
–35

“sexy,”
6
,
7
,
119
,
128
,
136

smiling of,
129
–30

see also
childrnumberlist

baboons,
56

baby boomers,
170

Bales, Karnumberlist,
109
–10,
135
,
163
–64

Bardem, Javier,
210

Bar-Ilan University,
126

Barrett, Katie,
165

Bartels, Andreas,
14
,
15
–16,
17

Baywatch,
19

Beauregard, Mario,
229
,
232
–35

Beautiful Mind, A
(Nasar),
27

beauty, desire and,
205
–9,
217
,
224
,
227

behavior,
29
,
243

changes in,
15
,
36
,
37
,
45

complex,
240
–41,
242

cultural effects on,
xviii

extreme,
55

impulsive,
147

inhibition of,
34

love-related,
38
,
39
,
73
–74

mating,
3
,
56
–57

mediating of,
126
–27

punishmnumberlistt of,
28
,
221

sexual,
31
,
32
,
55
–69

social,
42
,
47

studies of,
xviii
,
78

Bern, University of,
89

Binghamton University, Laboratory of Evolutionary Anthropology and Health at,
147

biological clock,
196
–97

biology,
xiv
–xviii,
13
,
53
–54,
152
,
161
,
167
,
242

birds,
56

bisexuality,
189
,
190
,
197

Blanchard, Ray,
198
–99