This Is Your Brain on Sex (49 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

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Park, Chankyu,
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Persinger, Michael,
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of male faces,
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of potential dates,
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sexual,
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unpleasant,
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Phrenology,
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pig pheromone,
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Pisa, University of,
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Pitocin,
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pituitary gland
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pornography,
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pregnancy,
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avoidance of,
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body alterations in,
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diet in,
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fetal growth in,
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hormones and,
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morning sickness in,
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oxytocin levels in,
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prnotetal visits in,
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sex dreams in,
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preMenstrual syndrome,
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Presley, Elvis,
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primates,
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monkeys
Prisoner’s Dilemma,
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economic version of,
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progesterone,
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promiscuity,
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prostate disorders,
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proteins,
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histone,
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psychology,
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puberty,
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publicity addiction,
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“Pygmalion Updated” (Money),
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Quenumberlist Mary University of London,
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Radboud University, Departmnumberlistt of Social and Clinical Psychology at,
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Rahman, Qazi,
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Ramachandran, Vilayanur,
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mother,
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brain and,
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cloistered living and,
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ecstasy and,
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epilepsy and,
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religious prophets,
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Rice University,
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Robbins, Tom,
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Rockefeller University,
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Romaya, John Paul,
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Rumi poetry,
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Rupp, Heather,
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Rutgers University,
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sex,
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