BOOKS
Apter, Michael J. The Dangerous Edge: The Psychology of Excitement. New York: Free Press, 1992.
Barger, Sonny. Let’s Ride: Sonny Barger’s Guide to Motorcycling. New York: William Morrow, 2011.
Books-Dalton, Lily. Motorcycles I’ve Loved. New York: Riverhead Books, 2015.
Brizendine, Louann. The Female Brain. New York: Random House, 2007.
Cloninger, C. Robert. Feeling Good: The Science of Well-Being. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. New York: Harper & Row, 1990.
Fisher, Helen. Why Him? Why Her?: Finding Real Love by Understanding Your Personality Type. New York: Henry Holt, 2009.
Gallagher, Winifred. New: Understanding Our Need for Novelty and Change. New York: Penguin, 2010.
Holbrook Pierson, Melissa. The Perfect Vehicle: What Is It About Motorcycles. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1998.
Ison, Tara. Reeling Through Life: How I Learned to Live, Love and Die at the Movies. Berkeley: Soft Skull Press, 2015.
Joans, Barbara. Bike Lust: Harleys, Women and American Society. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2001.
Kay, Katty, and Shipman, Claire. The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance—What Women Should Know. New York: HarperBusiness, 2014.
Lyng, Stephen. Edgework: The Sociology of Risk-Taking. London: Routledge, 2004.
McBee, Randy D. Born to Be Wild: The Rise of the American Motorcyclist. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2015.
Northrup, Christiane. The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Heath During the Change. New York: Bantam, 2012.
Rapp, Emily. Poster Child: A Memoir. New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2006.
———. The Still Point of the Turning World. New York: Penguin Press, 2013.
Strayed, Cheryl. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. New York: Vintage, 2013.
Thompson, Hunter S. Hell’s Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga. New York: Ballantine Books, 1996.
Tsing Loh, Sandra. The Madwoman in the Volvo: My Year of Raging Hormones. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2004.
Zak, Paul J. The Moral Molecule: How Trust Works. New York: Plume, 2013.
Zukerman, Marvin. Sensation Seeking and Risky Behavior. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2007.
SCHOLARLY ARTICLES
Brown, Susan L., and I-Fen Lin. “The Gray Divorce Revolution: Rising Divorce Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults 1990–2010.” Working Paper Series, WP-13-03, National Center for Family & Marriage Research, Bowling Green State University, March 2013. https://www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/BGSU/college-of-arts-and-sciences/NCFMR/documents/Lin/The-Gray-Divorce.pdf.
Dreber, Ann, and David G. Rand, et al. “Dopamine and Risk Preferences in Different Domains: Faculty Research Working Paper Series.” Faculty Research Working Paper Series, RWP10-012, Harvard Kennedy School, April 2010. https://research.hks.harvard.edu/publications/getFile.aspx?Id=529.
Frias, Araceli, and Philip C. Watkins, et al. “Death and Gratitude: Death Reflection Enhances Gratitude.” The Journal of Positive Psychology 6, no. 2 (March 2011): 154–62.
Grucza, Richard A., and C. Robert Cloninger, et al. “Novelty Seeking as a Moderator of Familial Risk for Alcohol Dependence.” Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 30, no. 7 (July 2006): 1176–83.
Josefesson, Kim, Markus Jokela, and C. Robert Cloninger; et al. “Maturity and Change in Personality: Development Trends of Temperament and Character in Adulthood.” Development and Psychopathology 25, no. 3 (2013): 713–27.
Kajtna, Tanja, and Matej Tušak, et al. “Personality in High-Risk Sports Athletes.” Kinesiology 36, no. 1 (May 2004): 24–34.
Keltikangas-Järvinen, Liisa, and Markus Jokela. “Nature and Nurture in Personality.” Focus: The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry 8, no. 2 (spring 2010): 180–86.
Meyer, Patricia. “‘We’re Just Women Who Like to Ride’: An Ethnographic Journey on a Woman’s Motorcycle.” PhD diss., Department of Speech Communication, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, August 2009.
Thomas, William E. “Don’t Call Me ‘Biker Chick’: Women Motorcyclists Redefining Deviant Identity.” Deviant Behavior 33, no. 1 (2012): 8–71.
Vail, Kenneth E. III, et al. “When Death Is Good for Life: Considering the Positive Trajectories of Terror Management.” Personality and Social Psychology Review 16, no. 4 (November 2012): 303–29.
Zuckerman, Marvin, Sybil Eysenck, and H. J. Eysenck. “Sensation Seeking in England and America: Cross-Cultural, Age, and Sex Comparisons.” Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 46, no. 1 (1978): 139–49.
MAINSTREAM ARTICLES
Firestone, Robert. “Life-Affirming Death Awareness.” The Human Experience (blog), Psychology Today, March 26, 2010, https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-experience/201003/life-affirming-death-awareness.
Halterman, Todd. “This is Your Brain on a Motorcycle.” Sometimes Nothing . . . (blog). February 15, 2012. http://www.sometimesnothingisarealcoolhand.com/2012/02/this-is-your-brain-on-a-motorcycle/.
Harley-Davidson Motor Company. “Study: Women Have a Powerful Option to Find Happiness in 2014.” December 27, 2013. http://www.harley-davidson.com/en_US/home/events/press-release/general/2013/news126.html.
Kay, Katty, and Shipman, Claire. “The Confidence Gap.” The Atlantic, May 2014. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/05/the-confidence-gap/359815/.
LeVan, A. J. “Happiness Is Risky Business: 5 Best Practices of Happy Risk-Takers.” Flourish! October 22, 2012.
McGill University. “Alcoholism Could Be Linked to Hyper-Active Brain Dopamine System.” ScienceDaily. August 2, 2013. http://www.science-daily.com/releases/2013/08/130802131843.htm.
Monbiot, George. “The Age of Loneliness Is Killing Us.” The Guardian. October 14, 2014. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/14/age-of-loneliness-killing-us.
Park, Alice. “Why We Take Risks—It’s the Dopamine.” Time. December 30, 2008. http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1869106,00.html.
Patoine, Brenda. “Desperately Seeking Sensation: Fear, Reward, and the Human Need for Novelty.” The Dana Foundation. October 13, 2009. http://www.dana.org/News/Details.aspx?id=43484.
Rauch, Jonathan. “The Real Roots of Midlife Crisis.” The Atlantic. December 2014. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/12/the-real-roots-of-midlife-crisis/382235/.
Roberts, Paul. “Risk.” Psychology Today. November 1, 1994; November 20, 2015. https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/199411/risk.
Thomas, Susan Gregory. “The Gray Divorcés.” Wall Street Journal. March 3, 2012. http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203753704577255230471480276.
Tsing Loh, Sandra. “The Bitch Is Back.” The Atlantic. October 2011. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/10/the-bitch-is-back/308642/.
University of Missouri–Columbia. “The Bright Side of Death: Awareness of Mortality Can Result in Positive Behaviors.” ScienceDaily, April 30, 2012. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120430164359.htm.
Veselka, Vanessa. “Green Screen: The Lack of Female Road Narratives and Why it Matters.” The American Reader 1, no. 4 (February/March 2013). http://theamericanreader.com/green-screen-the-lack-of-female-road-narratives-and-why-it-matters/.
Williams, Florence. “This Is Your Brain on Adventure.” Outside. March 19, 2009. http://www.outsideonline.com/1896581/your-brain-adventure.
Young, Larry, and Brian Alexander. “Chemistry Makes Us Cheat.” Salon. September 11, 2012. http://www.salon.com/2012/09/11/chemistry_makes_us_cheat/.
Zuckerman, Marvin. “Are You A Risk Taker?” Psychology Today. November 1, 2000; July 17, 2012. https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200011/are-you-risk-taker.
TED TALKS
Brown, Brené. “Listening to Shame.” Filmed March 2012. TED video, 20:38. http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame.
———. “The Power of Vulnerability.” Filmed June 2010. TED video, 20:19. http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.
Fisher, Helen. “The Brain in Love.” Filmed February 2008. TED video, 15:56. http://www.ted.com/talks/helen_fisher_studies_the_brain_in_love.
———. “Why We Love, Why We Cheat.” Filmed February 2006. TED video, 23:27. http://www.ted.com/talks/helen_fisher_tells_us_why_we_love_cheat.
Jobs, Steve. “How to Live Before You Die.” Filmed June 2005. TED video, 15:04. http://www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die.
Monbiot, George. “For More Wonder, Rewild the World.” Filmed July 2013. TED video, 15:10. http://www.ted.com/talks/george_monbiot_for_more_wonder_rewild_the_world.
Nyad, Diana. “Extreme Swimming with the World’s Most Dangerous Jellyfish.” Filmed October 2011. TED video, 16:57. http://www.ted.com/talks/diana_nyad_extreme_swimming_with_the_world_s_most_dangerous_jellyfish.
———. “Never, Ever Give Up.” Filmed December 2013. TED video, 15:35. http://www.ted.com/talks/diana_nyad_never_ever_give_up.
Zak, Paul. “Trust, Morality—and Oxytocin?” Filmed July 2011. TED video, 16:34. http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_zak_trust_morality_and_oxytocin.