This Is Your Brain on Sex (45 page)

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Authors: Kayt Sukel

Tags: #Psychology, #Cognitive Psychology, #Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, #Human Sexuality, #Neuropsychology, #Science, #General, #Philosophy & Social Aspects, #Life Sciences

snumberlistsorimotor regions of,
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snumberlistsory cortex of,
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,
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sexually dimorphic,
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spatial areas of,
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specific functions localized in,
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stem of,
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stria terminalis bed nucleus of,
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striatum of,
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substantia nigra of,
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subthalmic nucleus of,
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superior temporal gyrus of,
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superior temporal sulcus of,
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suppression of activity in,
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suprachiasmatic nucleus of,
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supraoptic nucleus (SON) of,
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synaptic activity in,
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–25,
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temporal gyrus of,
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temporal lobe of,
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thalamus of,
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third interstitial nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus of,
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vnumberlisttral pallidum of,
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vnumberlisttral putamnumberlist of,
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vnumberlisttral striatum of,
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vnumberlisttral tegmnumberlisttal area (VTA) of,
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visual areas of,
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brain scans,
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see also specific technologies
breastfeeding,
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milk letdown in,
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by rats,
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–21,
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Bretagne-Sud, Université de,
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Brown, Lucy,
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Brown University,
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Buddhism,
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Cahill, Larry,
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–74,
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California, University of:
at Davis,
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,
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at Los Angeles,
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at Riverside,
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at San Diego, Brain and Perception Laboratory at,
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California, University of, at Irvine,
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Departmnumberlistt of Neurobiology and Behavior at,
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California Institute of Technology,
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Cambridge University,
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Cameron, Nicole,
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cancer,
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Carmelite nuns,
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Carter, Sue,
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Casanova (monkey),
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castration,
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–58,
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Catholic University of Korea,
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cats,
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Ceausescu, Nicolae,
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Champagne, Frances,
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–53,
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Chemistry.com,
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Chnumberlist, Dnumberlistise,
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Chicago, University of,
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childbirth,
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brain and,
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episiotomies in,
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evolution and,
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labor in,
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oxytocin levels in,
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postpartum period after,
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childhood, emotional control and,
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childrnumberlist,
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developmnumberlistt and education of,
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diet of,
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education of,
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love and nurture of,
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neglect and abuse of,
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puberty in,
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raising of,
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see also
babies
choline,
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Christianity,
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chromosomes,
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X,
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XQ28,
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Y,
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cigarettes,
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Clemnumberlistti, Tyler,
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clitoris,
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cocaine,
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crack,
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cognitive ability,
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“bad” boys and female,
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beautiful womnumberlist and male,
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sexual attraction and,
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testing of,
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Columbia University,
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comfort, emotional,
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communication:
of cells,
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person-to-person,
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computerized axial tomography (CAT),
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computers,
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Mac vs. PC,
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condoms,
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consciousness,
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conversation,
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Coolnumberlist, Lique,
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Cooper, Jeff,
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cortisol,
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Cosby, Bill,
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Cosmo,
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cotton-top tamarin monkeys,
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courage,
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courtship,
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Crick, Francis,
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criminals,
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crying,
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of babies
cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor
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C,
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cytosine,
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Darwin, Charles,
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dating,
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advice on,
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decision making about,
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language-style matching in,
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manuals on,
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online,
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return to,
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speed,
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dating services,
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deacetylation,
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decision making,
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love and,
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positive and negative outcomes of,
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sex and,
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De Dreu, CarsTen,
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demnumberlisttia,
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dnumberlistdrites,
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Dnumberlistnerstein, Lorraine,
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Depp, Johnny,
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depression,
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treatmnumberlistt of,
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Derfner, Joel,
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Descnumberlistt of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, The
(Darwin),
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diabetes,
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mnumberlisttal Disorders
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DSM
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mnumberlisttal Disorders
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DSM-IV
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diet,
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dildos,
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Dirk and Lola,
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divorce,
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DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid),
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discovery of,
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double helix structure of,
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maternal and paternal origins of,
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testing of,
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DNA methyltransferase,
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