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gender.
See
men; women
genetics
brain development and
Darwin on
genotype
vs.
phenotype
heterozygosity
major histocompatability complex (MHC)
symmetry and
touch and
vision and
See also
evolution
gestation.
See
embryological development; fetal development
glucocorticoid
glucose
Greeks
Greenough,William
group selection
 
hagfish
Hamilton,William D.
happiness, pleasure
vs.
Harlow, John
harmonics
Harris, Lauren
Harvard University
health
body symmetry and
taste and
hearing, of newborns.
See also
sound
Heath, Robert
hedonic preference.
See
pleasure
height
heredity.
See
genetics
heroin
Hess, Rudolph
heterozygosity
Hidden Persuaders,The
(Packard)
higher-order reinforcers
Higley, Dee
hippocampal formation
Holt, Luther Emmett
hominoids
Homo erectus
Homo sapiens,
evolution of .
See also
evolution
homosexuality
hormones
body shape and
oxytocin agents
smell and
stress hormones
Hospital for Irrecoverable Children (Romania)
Human Genome Project
human milk
Hume, David
Humphrey, Nicholas
hunger, food
vs.
Huxley, Aldous
hyperacuity
hypothalamus
 
immune system
incentive sensitization theory of addiction
induction, language and
infants
attachment behavior of
attraction to symmetry
auditory processing of music
facial gestures and
hearing of
preference for rhythm/repetition
prosodic language and
smell and
inhibitory control, loss of
Institute for Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition (London)
institutionalization, child development and
introversion, facial asymmetry and
Izidor (abandoned Romanian child)
Jackendoff, Ray
Johnston, Carl
 
lactose
Langlois, Judith
language
auditory stimulation and
music and
prosody and
rhythm and
social attachment and
synaptogenesis and
Language Instinct,The
(Pinker)
Larsen, Randy
lateral symmetry
learning
music and
vision and
See also
classical conditioning
lemon
Lerdahl, Fred
limbic system
linoleic acid (LA)
Locke, John
loss of inhibitory control theory of addiction
lullabies
 
major histocompatability complex (MHC)
males.
See
men
Manning, John
marasmus
marijuana
marketing
Massachusetts Medical Society
mate selection
bilateral symmetry and
secondary sexual characteristics (
See also
symmetry)
vision and
See also
reproduction; sexual selection
Mattes, Richard
Mayans, chocolate used by
McClintock, Martha
McClintock Effect
Meltzoff, Andrew
men
attractiveness and symmetry of
bilateral symmetry and mating success
hormonal cycles of
introversion and facial asymmetry
music by
sexual selection and
menstruation, pheromones and
Merzenich, Michael
mesolimbic dopamine system
methamphetamine
Miller, Geoffrey
Milner, Peter
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
mint
“Misbehavior of Organisms,The” (Breland, Breland)
Mithen, Steven
Moctezuma (Aztec emperor)
modern (modified) hedonic view of addiction
Moller, Anders
monosodium glutamate (MSG)
Moro’s reflex
morphine
mothers
“motherese” spoken by
mothering of institutionalized children
mother’s milk
newborn preference for face of
motion
movement therapy
repetition and rhythm
rocking and
sense of touch and
visual motion blindness (akinetopsia)
motivation
motor development
movement therapy
music
auditory biases and
auditory stimulation and
dance and
origin of
phenotype
vs.
genotype and
sexual selection and
as universal language
See also
sound
musical preferences
music therapy
 
Native Americans, visual acuity in
Natural History of the Senses, A
(Ackerman)
natural selection
auditory selection and
music production and
sexual selection and
smell and
vision and
See also
evolution
nature
vs.
nurture
neocortex
smell and
synaptic pruning
synaptogenesis
vision and
neural bootstrapping
neurons
neurogenesis parts of
nicotine
nociception
nose.
See also
smell
nucleus accumbens
 
obesity
object tracking
octaves
odor.
See
smell
Olds, James
olfactory bulbs
olfactory epithelia
olfactory labeling
olfactory mucosa
omega fatty acids
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
(Darwin)
ontogeny
operant behavior
opioid system
optic nerve
oxytocin agents
 
Packard,Vance
parallel processing
Pavlov.
peacocks
Pecina, Susana
perfume
phenotype
bilateral symmetry and
extended phenotype
music and
phenylethylamine
pheromones
photoreceptors
phylogeny
smell and
touch and
physical sensations.
See
touch
Pinker, Steven
pitch
Pittman, David
Plato
pleasure
classic hedonic view of addiction
evolution of language and
fitness indicator theory and
modern (modified) hedonic view of addiction
opioid system of brain and
septal region of brain and
smell and
taste and
touch and motion
Plotinus
poetry
posterior parietal lobe, vision and
primary olfactory cortex
primary positive reinforcers
primary visual cortex (V1)
prolactin agonists
proportion
aesthetic appeal of
body shape and
See also
symmetry
proprioception
prosody
proto-emotions
psychological health, body symmetry and
psychotropic plants, prehistoric use of
puberty, symmetry and
Purdue University
 
ratchet effect
receiver biases
reinforcement
repetition
auditory stimulation and
sexual selection and
See also
music; sound
representation problem
reproduction
selection factors and
sexual selection and
waist-to-hip ratio and
See also
fertility; mate selection; sexual selection
retina
rewards
aberrant learning theory and
smell and
vision and
See also
classical conditioning
rhythm
auditory stimulation and
origins of music and
phenotype
vs.
genotype
sexual selection and
See also
music; sound
Roberts, Craig
Robinson,Terry
rocking
Russell, Michael
 
saltiness
salt taste
Sammy (chicken)
schizophrenia
self-hugging behavior
self-stimulation
opioid system of brain and
repetition and rhythm
self-hugging behavior
senses
sight
taste
sensory acuity
sensualist ethics movement
septal region
sexual orientation
sexual selection
Darwin on
fitness indicator theory
proportion and
survival and
Shackleford,Todd
“Shame of a Nation, The”
(20/20)
Sighetu Marmatiei, Romania
sight.
See
vision
Singh, Devendra
Singing Neaderthals,The
(Mithen)
skin.
See also
touch
Skinner, B. F.
smell
attraction to
embryological/fetal development and
evolution and
olfactory labeling and
perceived by brain
preferences for
taste and
vision and
smoking
social attachment
cuteness and
evolution and
language development and
socialization and music
survival and
Sociobiology
(Wilson)
Solomon, Richard
somatosensory system.
See also
touch
Sonoma State Hospital
sound
brain’s response to
localization and synaptogenesis
music and
pleasure from
prosody and
sour taste
spandrel
spatial stimulation.
See
symmetry; vision
Star Trek
stereoscopic vision
steroids
stimulation
compounded stimuli
smell and
touch and
stress
drug use and
hormones
substance abuse.
See
addiction
sucrose
sugar
addiction and
chocolate and
conversion to ATP
opioid system of brain and
superior colliculus
survival
cuteness and
dietary fats and
music and
sexual selection and
smell and
sound and
synaptic pruning and
swaddling
sweet taste.
See also
sugar
symmetry
aesthetics and
bilateral symmetry of body
Darwinism and
facial characteristics and
fitness indicator theory and
symmetry (
continued
)
preference for
proportion and
vision and
Symons, Donald
synapses
fatty acids and
synaptic pruning
synaptic pruning and symmetry
synaptic pruning and vision
synaptogenesis
 
tactile stimulation.
See also
touch
taste
brain and
chocolate and
conditioned taste aversion and
fats and
sour
sugar/sweet
temperature
“Temple of Nature,The” (Darwin)
temporal stimulation.
See
music; sound
testosterone
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
thalamus
taste and
vision and
theobromine
theobromo cacao
Thornhill, Randy
tools
touch
brain development and
motion and
stimulation and
tactile sensation
transcription regulators
triacylglycerol (TAG)
“Tribbles,”
trichromatism
triglycerides
Tulane University Medical School
20/20
(ABC News)
 
ultrasound technology
umami
unconditioned reinforcers
University of California at San Francisco
University of Liverpool
University of Michigan
University of Newcastle
University of New Mexico

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