INDEX

actor-observer effect, 148–149

Adams, Reginald, Jr., 186–187

adolescents. See teenagers

adoption studies, 41–43, 79

adults, 77, 88, 233–234

brains, 126

depth electrode study, 131–132, 131n

faces, 181, 196

negotiations between, 62

organ donations of, 149–150

as psychopathic, 70–71, 138–139

Africa, 176–177, 243

antelopes, 173–174, 185

wildlife of, 133–134, 173–175

Against Malaria Foundation, 226, 250

agape. See unconditional love

agents, patients acted upon by, 16–20, 70

aggression, 40–46, 50–51, 58–73, 77–79, 98, 202

See also psychopathy

Aka women, 176–177

alarm calls, 133–135

allomothering, 172–199, 217–221, 252

alternative realities, 208–216

altricial babies, 164–199, 201

altruism, 1–8, 105–112, 159–199, 202–254

Batson and, 53–55

effective, 225–228

empathy’s relationship with, 53–55

facial expressions’ influence on, 132–135

See also extraordinary altruism; organ donations

altruistic organ donation, nondirected, 117–122, 148

See also kidney donors

altruists

amygdalas of, 198–199

facial expression sensitivity of, 186–199

fields of force influencing, 152–155

sacrifice chosen by, 219–221

trust in, 216

See also extraordinary altruists

Ambady, Nalini, 16, 187

American Psychiatric Association, 62–63

American Red Cross, 106

amygdala, 5–6, 82–100, 131–141

of altruists, 198–199

basolateral nucleus of, 197

central nucleus of, 197–198

of extraordinary altruists, 150–153, 227–228

lateral nucleus of, 132, 150

oxytocin influencing, 192–194

as parental care system’s entry point, 189–199

psychopathic, 186, 198, 251

See also Urbach-Wiethe

anger, 62, 65–73, 134–135, 150–151

animal rescues, 204–205

antiheroes, heroes and, 21–55

anti-psychopaths, 102–124, 141–155

anxiety, 79, 153–155, 197

approach, 180–181, 197–199

Argentina, 28

Aristotle, 17, 100

Arizona, 48–49, 152

Arlington, Virginia, 144–145

Asia, 243

assault, 21–25, 47, 77–78, 134, 211

Attention deficit disorder (ADHD), 87–88

Augustine (saint), 254

avoidance, 180–181, 197–199

babies

altricial, 164–199, 201

antelopes, 173–174, 185

baboon, 174, 185, 196, 202, 242

Bengal tigers, 175–176

blue jay, 182–183

faces of, 181, 196

infants as, 196, 252

milk for, 157–199

oryx, 173–174

precocial, 165, 169

rats, 170–172, 174, 185, 192–194, 196, 197

sheep, 170, 171, 173, 194, 202

squirrels, 175, 196, 242

Syrian, 179–180

turtles, 157–165, 169–172

See also pups

baboons, 174, 185, 196, 202, 242

babyish proportions (kindchenschema), 180–199

Banks, Katie, 53–55

Barton, Clara, 154

“Batman” (fictional character), 17

Batson, Daniel, 34–39, 53–55, 109–110, 137–139, 228, 244–245

behaviorism, 43–45

behaviors, 108–112, 139–140, 247

misinterpretations of own, 108–110, 227–228

everyday helping, 235–240

prosocial, 251

research on, 121–124

status related, 59–62, 101, 117, 222, 231–237

See also altruism

Belay, Gennet, 147–149

Bengal tigers, 175–176

Ben-Zvi, Yitzhak, 28–29

Bethesda, Maryland, 51–55

The Better Angels of Our Natures (Pinker), 207–208

birth, 249

Blair, James, 5–6, 52–55, 58–65, 140

blood donations, 106–107, 204, 232–233, 242–243

BLS. See Bureau of Labor Statistics

blue jay, 182–183

body weight, 42–43

bone marrow donations, 106–107, 199, 204

Booker, Cory, 17–20, 38–39, 100, 113, 121–122, 147, 254

decision-making style, 223

field of force influencing, 152–153

religious beliefs of, 253

as superhero, 253

books, as windows into minds, 243–246

Botswana, 174

Bowlby, John, 177

brains

of adults, 126

altruism emerging from, 222–228

behavior misleading of, 227–228

of extraordinary altruists, 141–155

kidney donor scans, 141–155

of psychopaths, 57–92, 93–102, 134, 135–141

of rats, 192–194, 197

of sheep, 194

of turtles, 161

visual image processing, 125–141, 130n

See also amygdala

bravery, 153–155, 199

Brethel-Haurwitz, Kristin, 230–240

Bridgeport, Connecticut, 26–34

Brits, 212–214, 215–216

brother, 108–112

Brown University, 120–122

Buddhism, 117–122, 252–253

Bundy, Ted, 213–214

Bureau of Justice Statistics, US, 211

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), US, 206–207

bystander apathy, 25, 34

calf, 173–175

California, 31, 50–51, 154

callousness, 72, 97–99, 140, 201, 210–216

calls, 133–135

calories, 42

Canadians, 232–233

capital punishment, 208

car, 9–15

Cardinale, Elise, 91, 139

caring, 136–141, 166–199, 201–202, 208–216

altruism as, 220–221

compassion required by, 217–221

cultural changes increasing, 228–246

maternal system, 251

influence of emotion on, 225–226

See also extraordinary altruists

caring continuum, 104–105, 186

Carnegie Hero Fund, 14, 121–122, 204

medals from, 2, 4, 113, 121–122, 223–225

Central Africa, 176–177

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), US, 16

centralized governments, 221–222, 228, 245–246

certainty of purpose, 165

charities, 105–106, 179–180, 203–207, 225, 226

Germany, 234–240

US, 234–240

charity, effective, 226

chelonioidea, 164–165, 169–172

Chentsova-Dutton, Yulia, 241

chihuahua, 175, 182, 196, 242

child abuse and neglect, 46, 49–51, 79–80

children, 40–45, 249, 251–252

allomothering of, 172–199, 217–221

boys as, 229

charities using, 179–180

with conduct disorder, 62–92, 93–102

death of, 199

girls as, 76–78, 89, 179, 226, 229, 250

milk for, 157–199

mothers benefit from help caring for, 177–180

reactive aggression of, 61, 79

scarlet fever killing, 229

tantrums of, 65–73, 77–78

VIM influencing, 61–73

violence of, 65–78, 88, 92

See also teenagers

China, 240–241

Christensen, Carol, 47

CIA. See Central Intelligence Agency

Cincinnati Zoo, 175

circles of compassion, 221

City Wildlife, 183

Civil War, 154

Cleckley, Hervey, 69–70

Clinical Center of the NIH, 195–196

Coan, Jim, 180–181

cold cognitions, 126

collectivism, 240–243, 247

college campuses, 211

Colombians, 208

Common Cause UK Values Survey, 212–214, 215–216

communities, 240–243

compassion, 32–45, 140–141, 181, 187

altruism in relation to, 220–221, 248–254

capacity for, 202–246

caring requiring, 217–221

circles of, 221

continuum, 122–124

cultural changes increasing, 228–246

expansion of, 202–246

of kidney donors, 216

meditation, 252–253

negativity bias influencing, 209–216

See also empathy; fields of force

conduct disorder, 62–92, 93–102

Confucian teachings, 240–241

Connecticut, 26–34

conscious awareness, 108–110, 131–132, 153

Coontz, Stephanie, 178

cooperating, 215–216, 245

corrugator supercilii, 128

cost-benefit analysis, 100, 227–228

Craigslist, 233–234

crimes, 208–209, 214, 222

Green River Killer, 46–48, 49, 69–70, 79, 114

child abuse, 46, 49-50, 64, 79, 207

sexual assault, 47, 63, 211

theft, 62-63, 74-75, 77, 95, 99

See also murders

Crips, 11–15

crocodile tears, 77

cruelty, 201–202, 207–208, 211, 213–214, 221–222

cubs, 173–174, 242

“cuddle hormone,” 195–199

cultural changes, 228–247

Cuozzo, Angela, 142–143

cynicism, 211–216, 233

cynodonts, 164–169

Darley, John, 25, 34

Dartmouth College, 5, 14–15, 132

See also Kleck, Robert

Darwin, Charles, 1, 2–3, 161, 229

daughters, 74–75, 159–164

death, 13, 14, 18, 228–229

of child, 199

from electric shock, 28

of lamb, 170, 171

at Las Vegas Strip, 23

of rat, 171

from surgery, 115

of turtles, 158–165

deep-brainer, 153

delinquency, 208–209

depression, 79, 178–179

The Descent of Man (Darwin), 1

developmental prosopagnosia, 103–104

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) (American Psychiatric Association), 62–63, 72

Diana monkeys, 133

dogs, 9–15, 175–176, 182, 188, 196, 242

Australian shepherd, 175

chihuahua, 175, 182, 196

golden retriever, 175

domestic violence, 79

donations, 105–107, 199, 203–206, 225, 232–240

See also blood donations; kidney donors; organ donations

donor registry, 145–149

DSM-5. See Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

Dunn, Elizabeth, 232

dystopia, 208–209

education, 229

EEG. See electroencephalography

Efe women, 176–177

eggs, 157–165

Eibl-Eibesfeldt, Irenäus, 59–62, 167–168

Eichmann, Adolf, 28–31

Ekman, Paul, 127–129, 143–144

electric shocks, 26–43, 109–110, 137–139

electroencephalography (EEG), 81

Elfenbein, Hillary Anger, 187

emotions, 53–55, 62, 86, 88–92, 126–141

excitement as, 154–155

extraordinary altruists identifying, 151

fiction influencing, 245

overreactive, 94–98

psychopaths understanding, 140

See also anger

empathic concern, 53–55

empathy, 53–55, 136–141

central nucleus of the amygdala ginning up, 197–198

extraordinary altruist as reporting low, 227–228

written word increasing, 244–246

See also extraordinary altruists; compassion

England, 233

epidemics, 211, 229

epilepsy, 131–132, 131n

Epstein, Ziv, 223–225

Europe, 208

everyday altruism, 105–112, 235–240

ewes, 170, 171, 173, 202

excitement, 154–155

experience, 17–20

extraordinary altruism, 105–124, 140–155, 164–199

humility as ingredient for, 253–254

motivation for, 249–251

social discounting modeling, 217–221

stranger helped by, 217–221

well-being and, 232–240

extraordinary altruists, 105–124, 141–155

age of, 254

amygdalas of, 227–228

empathy, as reporting low, 227–228

faces viewed by, 227–228

social discounting explaining, 217–221

See also heroes; kidney donors

extreme poverty, 229–230

eyes, 41–42, 127–128, 130–131, 130n, 134, 160–161

eyebrows, 61, 128, 131, 186

oblique 62, 83, 128, 135, 143

faces, 54–55, 102–105, 126–141, 185–199

adults’, 181

babies’, 180–181

extraordinary altruists viewing, 143–155, 227–228

fiction and, 245

false consensus effect, 212–216

false imprisonment, 30–34

FARC. See Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

fathers, 178–179

daughter kicking, 74

of Kardashian, K., 43

fear. See specific topics

fearlessness, 153–155

feelings, 53–55, 89–92

fiction, 243–246

fields of force, 33–34, 38–39, 152–155

Fiji, 241

Finger, Elizabeth (Liz), 67–92, 94–98

Fischer-Shofty, Meytal, 196

flight simulator, 244–246

Florida, 157–165, 169–172, 175, 182

fMRI. See functional magnetic resonance imaging

foraging societies, 176–177, 178

Forth, Adelle, 72

Frank, Anne, 213–214

fraternal twins, 41

freeway, 9–15, 38–39, 112, 152–153, 199, 254

anomaly, 25

fast and impulsive decision, 223

Friesen, Wallace, 127–129, 143–144

frontalis muscles, 128

Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC). See Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), 5–6, 80–100, 124

Gandhi, Mahatma, 213–214

generosity, 203–246

genes, 245–246

adoptions disentangling, 41–43

proactive aggression contributed to by, 50

psychopathy influenced by, 46–51

twins disentangling, 41–43

Genovese, Kitty, 25

Georgetown University, 6–7, 93–124, 141–155, 241

gerbils, 61–62

Germany, 28–31, 234–240, 242

Giffords, Gabrielle, 48–49

girls, 76–78, 89, 179, 226, 229, 250

goals of altruism, 248–251

Gohh, Reginald, 120–122

golden retriever, 175–176

Goodall, Jane, 104

Google Trends, 211

Gordon, Mary, 251–252

Gottman, John, 210

grabbing, 22–23

Graef, Sunyana, 117–122, 144, 153, 252

Gray, Kurt, 16–20

Greeks, 117–118

Green River Killer. See Ridgway, Gary

groups, 241–243, 241n, 245–246

guardian angels, 4

Hadza, 176

half normal curve, 102, 103

Hammer, Jennifer, 180–181, 186–187

Hare, Robert, 91

Harvard University, 5, 16–20, 26, 34, 102–105

hatchlings, 158–165

hatred, 201–202

height, 42–43

Hein, Grit, 137–139

Heinrich, Joseph, 241

hemodynamic response, 81

heritability, 41–43, 45, 46–47, 50, 104, 245–246

heroes, 9–20, 100, 154–155

antiheroes and, 21–55

Carnegie, 2, 4, 14, 113, 121–122, 204, 223–225

as making deliberative decisions, 223–225

as making fast and intuitive decisions, 223–225

field of force influencing, 152–153

humility of, 253–254

as rational, 223–225

super-, 251, 253, 254

See also Booker, Cory; freeway; Skutnik, Lenny

highly psychopathic individuals, 99

Hilltop Crips, 11–15

Hitler, Adolf, 213–214

Holmes, James, 48–49

Holocaust, 28–31, 201–202, 213–214

homeless, 105

hornbills, 133

hot cognitions. See emotions

Hrdy, Sarah, 176–177

human nature, 25, 100–124, 202, 209–216

variability in, 32, 101–105

See also extraordinary altruism

humans, 164–199, 245

humility, 253–254

hypothalamus, 136, 192–193, 197–198

identical twins, 41

imprisonment, false, 30–34

inclusive fitness, 3, 110–111

index cases, 117–122

individualism, 240–243, 247

infants, 196, 252

insects, 1–2

institutional review board (IRB), 113–114

insula, 137–139, 140

anterior, 137–139, 140

intelligence quotient (IQ), 76–77

intergroup contact, 241n

interrogations, 16

interviews

extraordinary altruist, 152–155

psychopathy, 67–70, 74–80, 94–96

of Skutnik, 249

intramural researchers, 52

IQ. See intelligence quotient

Iran, 83

IRB. See institutional review board

Ireland, 232

Israel, 28–29, 196

Izzy, 175–176

James, William, 15–16

“James Bond” (fictional character), 17

Jenner, Caitlyn, 43

Jenner, Kendall, 43

Jews, 28–31, 201–202, 213–214, 242

Jim Yong Kim, 230

John Templeton Foundation, 122–124

Jones, Bryan, 217–221

Joseph, Jeremy, 51

Joseph, Krista, 157–164

Kaczynski, Ted, 16

Kamunyak, 173–175, 185

Kansas, 175–176

Kardashian, Kim, 43

Kardashian, Robert, Sr., 43

Keats, John, 24–25

Keltner, Dacher, 233–234

Kenya, 173–175

key stimuli, 180–199

kidney donors, 114–124, 141–155, 198–199, 204

compassion of, 216

cost-benefit analysis performed by, 227–228

as making fast and intuitive decisions, 223

kindness of, 216

reasons for, 2–8, 248–254

social discounting explaining, 219–221

in US, 230–240

well-being and, 232

See also Cuozzo, Angela; Graef, Sunyana; Mintz, Harold; Taniwaki, George

Kim Phúc, Phan Thi, 179

kindchenschema. See babyish proportions

“The Kindest Cut” (MacFarquhar), 121

kindness, 157–199, 203–216, 233–240

King, Larry, 48

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 213–214

Kleck, Robert, 15, 25, 186–187

Koppel, Ted, 153

Korndörfer, Martin, 234–240

Kosson, David, 72

K-selected strategies, 169–199

!Kung, 176

Kurdi, Aylan, 179–180

labor, 191

lambs, 170, 171, 173, 194, 202

Las Vegas Strip, 21–25, 134

Latané, Bibb, 25

learning, 26–43

levator muscles, 127–128

lie detection, 126

life history theory, 169–199

light, 125–141, 130n

lionesses, 173–175, 185, 196, 202, 242

literacy, 229, 243–247

living organ donor registry, 145–149

loggerhead turtles, 157–165, 169–172, 182

Lorenz, Konrad, 59–62, 180

Lorton, Virginia, 112–114

Los Angeles, California, 50–51

lost letter, 232–233

Loughner, Jared, 48–49

love, 166–199

loving-kindness meditation, 252–253

low-cost behaviors, 111–112

Lozier, Leah, 94–98

lymphoma, 106–107

MacFarquhar, Larissa, 121

Magnan, Antoine, 1–2

magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 5–6, 80–89, 85, 91, 96–99

as minimally risky, 113–114

of soccer fans, 137–139

See also functional magnetic resonance imaging

Maimonides, 117

mammals, 164–199, 201, 224–228

Mandela, Nelson, 213–214

Maryland, 51–55

The Mask of Sanity (Cleckley), 69–70

mass killers, 48–49, 204

Massachusetts, 118–120

maternal care system, 251

maternal love, 167–199

maternity leave, 177–179

Mather, Robert, 226, 250

McDonough, Jim, 28, 29

media, 210–211

meditation, 252–253

Mediterranean, 179–180

Mickler’s Landing Sea Turtle Patrol, 157–164

Middle Ages, 222

Migrant Offshore Aid Station, 179–180

Milgram, Stanley, 26–43, 46

milk, 157–199

Millentana, 109–110, 228

Mimi (dog), 175, 182, 196, 242

minds

flight simulator of, 244–246

light enabling, 125–141

minimal group paradigms, 241–243

minimally risky research techniques, 113–114

Mintz, Harold, 1, 144–149, 152, 154, 219, 250–251, 253

obituary seen by, 199

misanthropy, 233, 235–240

Mission Impossible (series), 17

Mokyr, Joel, 229

monkeys, 66–67, 133

Moore, Francis, 116

moral agents, 16–20, 70

moral patients, 16–20, 70

moral typecasting, 16–20, 70

Moss, Simon, 55

Mossad, 28

mothering, oxytocin influencing, 191–199, 251

mother-in-law, 157–164

mothers, 65–66, 68, 73, 74–75, 80, 95–96

allomothering, 172–199, 217–221, 252

birth influencing, 249

children as better off with, 177–180

dogs as, 175–176, 196, 242

house, locked out of, 99

kidney donor for, 145–146, 148–149

K-selected strategy followed by, 169–199

lionesses as, 173–175, 185, 196, 202, 242

milk from, 157–199

rats as, 170–172, 174, 185, 192–194, 196, 197, 251

of Ridgway, Gary, 46, 49

sheep as, 170, 171, 173, 194, 202

snake panicking, 133–134

stem cell donation of, 106–107

on tears, 77

turtles as, 157–165, 169–172

Mothers and Others (Hrdy), 176–177

MRI. See magnetic resonance imaging

Munchausen syndrome, 119

murders, 30–34, 46–48, 201–202, 213–214

Murray, Henry, 16

Muslim refugees, 242

“mustache guy.” See Mintz, Harold

Myanmar, 243

“napalm girl” (Kim Phúc, Phan Thi), 179

National Airport, 112–114

National Bone Marrow Registry, 107

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 5–6, 7–8, 52–55, 81–82, 93, 101

oxytocin studied at, 195–196

recruiting, 124

screening, 124

National Institutes of Health (NIH), 7–8, 51, 57–92, 94–98, 195–196

National Kidney Foundation, 145–149

National Philanthropic Trust, 207

National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association, 204

natural experiments, 40–41

Nature, 43

Nature Neuroscience, 131–132, 131n

Nazis, 28–31, 242

negativity bias, 209–216

negotiations, 62

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 121

nests, 157–165, 171–172, 175

New Haven, Connecticut, 26–34

New Jersey, 17–20

New Year’s Eve, 21–25, 134

New York, 105, 154

Newark, New Jersey, 17–20

news, 210–211

night nurse, 178–179

Nightstalker, 213–214

NIH. See National Institutes of Health

NIMH. See National Institute of Mental Health

9/11 attacks, 204

Nobel Prize, 213, 226

no-brainer, 152–153

nondirected donations, 117–122, 148

normal curve, 102

norms, 247

Norton, Mike, 232

Oatley, Keith, 244

obedience, 28–43, 46

1-800-Give-Us-Your-Kidney (film), 147, 149

oppositional defiant disorder, 72–73, 87

optogenetics, 66

ordinary altruism, 105–112, 249

organ donations

of adults, 149–150

to strangers, 242

See also kidney donors

organ donor registry, 145–149

oryxes, 173–175

O’Toole, Mary Ellen, 47

outgroups, 241–243, 241n

overreactive emotionality, 94–98

OXTR gene, 196, 198

oxytocin, 7, 191–199, 251

pain

matrix, 136–139

psychopaths experiencing, 140

parenting, 40–44, 78–80, 189–199

See also fathers; mothers

passive viewing task, 86–89

patients, agents acting upon, 16–20, 70

PCL-R. See Psychopathy Checklist—Revised

PCL-SV. See Psychopathy Checklist-Screening Version

PCL:YV. See Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version

Pedersen, Cort, 193–194, 196

people, 210–216

periaqueductal gray, 198

PET. See positron emission tomography

pets, 182

Piff, Paul, 233–234

Pinker, Steven, 207–208, 221–222, 244

Pitocin, 191

placebo, 109, 195, 228

plane, 112–114

pleasure, 249–251

police officers, 24, 208

polls, 100–101, 203, 212, 230–240

Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, 157–165, 169–172, 182

poor, 229–230, 241

portraiture, 83

Positive Neuroscience award, 122–124

positron emission tomography (PET), 81

postdoctoral fellowships, 51–55, 93

postpartum depression, 178–179

Potomac River, 112–114, 152–153, 155, 199

poverty, 229–230

precocial babies, 165, 169

Preston, Stephanie, 170–172

primates, 176, 184–185, 187–188

printing press, 243–244

Prisoner’s Dilemma, 214–216, 223, 244–245

proactive aggression, 45–46, 50–51, 58–73, 77–78, 98

proactive prosociality, 184–185

professorship, 93–124

prosocial behavior, 251

See also altruism

prosopagnosia, 102–105

psychopaths, 202, 214, 226, 249–250

adults as, 70–71, 138–139

amygdalae of, 5–6, 82–92, 94–98, 134, 186, 198, 251

brains of, 57–92, 93–102, 134, 135–141

emotions understood by, 140

oxytocin influencing, 198

pain experienced by, 140

as sex offenders, 91

teenagers as, 5–6, 65–102, 124, 138–139, 140

tells giving away, 49

See also Ridgway, Gary

psychopathy, 45–55

approach responses influenced by, 181

distribution of, 101–102

heritability of, 104

interview, 67–70, 74–80, 94–96

parenting influencing, 78–80

prosopagnosia as parallel to, 104–105

See also Blair, James; callousness

Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV), 71–73, 75–76

Psychopathy Checklist—Revised (PCL-R), 71

Psychopathy Checklist—Screening Version (PCL-SV), 99–100, 102

psychosis, 48–49

punishments, 26–45, 222

pups

rat, 170–172, 174, 185, 192–194, 196, 197

squirrel, 175, 196, 242

wolf, 188

Rachlin, Howard, 217–221

rage, 65–73

Raine, Adrian, 50–51

Ramirez, Richard, 213–214

Rand, David, 99–100, 121–122, 223–225

rape culture, 211

rational self-interest, 100–102, 119–121

rationality, 222–228

rats

as mother, 170–172, 174, 185, 192–194, 196, 197, 251

pups, 170–172, 174, 185, 192–194, 196, 197, 251

reactive aggression, 50–51, 61, 79

reading, 243–246

Reagan, Ronald, 113

realities, 208–216

reciprocal altruism, 3–4, 110–111, 215–216

Reddit, 199

refugees, 179–180, 201–202, 242

relational mobility, 241

Renaissance, 243–244

rescues, 9–20, 25, 38–39, 100, 152–153

allomothering as, 183–184

of animals, 182–184, 204–205

of refugees, 179–180

See also Booker, Cory; freeway; Skutnik, Lenny

resident nursery companion, 175

resources, 217–221, 233–234, 235–243, 245–246

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) (FARC), 208

Ricard, Matthieu, 250

Richard III (king), 42

Ridgway, Gary, 46–48, 49, 69–70, 79, 114

Ridgway, Greg, 46

Ridgway, Matthew, 47

Ridgway, Thomas Newton, 46

river, 112–114, 152–153, 155, 199

Robinson, Paul, 151–152

Rockefeller, John D., 229

Rodriguez, Alex (detective), 18–19

romantic love, 167, 210

Roots of Empathy (Gordon), 251–252

R-selected species, 169

Rule, Ann, 48

ruminants, 170, 171

Russell, Bertrand, 226

Russian motorist, allomothering of, 183

Ryan, Richard, 248

Sacks, Oliver, 104

sacrifices, 217–221

sadness, 62

Saint-Lagué, André, 1–2

saints, 4, 254

San Francisco, California, 154

Savage, Tony, 48, 69–70

scarlet fever, 229

schoolchildren, 251–252

sclera, 128, 132

screams, 139, 163, 199

sea turtles, 157–165, 169–172

offspring of, 157–165

Seattle, Washington, 47, 142

secondary diagnosis, 64

seduction, 76

Self, 100, 116, 221, 253–254

self-control, 221–228

self-interest, 4, 100–102, 116–122, 209–216

selfishness, 100–102, 119–122, 201, 208–216

as altruism’s cause, 249–251

wealth’s association with, 231–240, 245–246

self-knowledge, 212–216

selflessness. See altruism; anti-psychopaths

Seligman, Martin, 122–124

sentimentality, 158–199

September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 204

serial killers, 46–47, 49, 213–214

sex offenders, 76, 91

sexual assaults, 47, 211

Shamay-Tsoory, Simone, 196

shared environmental influences, 51

shared resource, 217–221

sheep, 170, 171, 173, 194, 202

shooting, mass, 48–49, 204

Singer, Peter, 221, 225

Singer, Tania, 137–139

skin, 128–129

Skinner, B. F., 15–16, 43–45

Skinner boxes, 44–45

Skutnik, Lenny, 112–114, 122, 147, 152–153, 155, 199

as making fast and intuitive decisions, 223

interviews of, 249

slavery, 207–208

S.M., 82–84, 90, 134–136, 251

See also Urbach-Wiethe

Smith, Adam, 188–189

snake, 133–134

soccer fans, 137–139

social discounting, 217–246

social media, 19

“Spider-Man” (fictional character), 17

sport utility vehicle (SUV), 9–15

squirrels, 175, 196, 242

Stalin, Josef, 214

Stanford Prison Experiment, 25–26

states, 228, 245–246

Steinman, Mary Rita, 46

stem cell donations, 106–107

See also bone marrow donations

stereotypes, 17–20

strangers, 105–106, 203, 215–246, 249–250, 252–254

striatum, 198

super face recognizers, 104

super fear-responder, 227–228

superheroes, 17–20, 251, 253, 254

superior colliculi, 131

suspects, 208

SUV. See sport utility vehicle

Swedish Red Cross, 180

Swiss soccer fan study, 137–139

sympathy, 53–55

Syrian refugees, 179–180

taboo, 114–116

Tacoma, Washington, 9–15, 24–25, 47, 142, 253

See also freeway

Taniwaki, George, 142

tantrums, 65–73, 77–78

Tanzania, 176

teachers, 26–43

tears, 77, 83

teenagers

amygdala function of, 5–6, 82–100

fMRI scanning, 5–6, 82–100

as psychopathic, 5–6, 65–102, 124, 138–139, 140

tenure-track professorship, 93–124

terrorist attacks, 204

thalamus, 131–132

threat response theory, 134–136, 150–151

tigers, 175–176

Tirado, Priscilla, 112–114

tit-for-tat, 215–216

toddler, 179–180

torture, 30–34, 207–208

Tranel, Daniel, 82–84

Triassic Period, 164

trust, 209–216, 233, 235–240, 247

Tucson, Arizona, 48–49

Turkheimer, Eric, 43

turtles, 157–165, 169–172, 182

tweaking, 39–40, 45

twins, 41–43, 50–51, 79

Twitter, 19

Uganda, 174

UK. See United Kingdom

Unabomber, 16

unconditional love (agape), 117–118

United Kingdom (UK), 209, 212–214, 215–216, 233

United Network on Organ Sharing (UNOS), 121

United States (US), 100–101, 105–106, 203–207, 208–209, 243

charitable donations, 234–240

everyday helping in, 235–240

kidney donors in, 121, 230–240

lost letter in, 233

volunteering, 234–240

University College London, 135–136

University of California–Berkeley, 233–234

University of Iowa, 82–84

University of Kansas, 34–37

University of Michigan, 170–172

University of Southern California, 50–51

University of Virginia, 180

University of Zurich, 184–185

UNOS. See United Network on Organ Sharing

untrustworthiness, 209–216

Urbach-Wiethe, 82–84, 90, 134, 135, 136, 251

US. See United States

values, 212–216, 240–243, 247–248

van Schaik, Carel, 184–185, 187–188

variability, 38–51, 196

See also psychopathy

Vekaria, Kruti, 219–221

vice, 214

Viding, Essi, 135–136

Vieira, Joana, 94

Vietnam, 179

VIM. See Violence Inhibition Mechanism

violence, 23–24, 201–202, 211

of children, 65–78, 88, 92

as decreasing, 207–208, 221–222, 228–247

domestic, 79

youth, 208–209

Violence Inhibition Mechanism (VIM), 58–73, 128, 188

Virginia, 112–114, 144–145

virtual reality, 251

vocal expressions, 139

volunteering, 105–106, 203–205, 206–207, 232–233, 234–240

volunteers, 31–40, 53–55, 109–110, 141–155, 157–164

vortex of indecision, 225–226

Walden Two (Skinner), 44

war, 179, 208

Washington (state), 9–15, 24–25, 47, 142, 253

See also freeway

Washington, DC, 51–55, 57–58, 182–183

See also Georgetown University; National Institutes of Health

Washington Regional Transplant Consortium, 145–149

Watson, John, 43–44

wealth, 229–240, 245–247

Wegner, Daniel, 16–20

weight, 42–43

Weinstein, Netta, 248

well-being, 228–240, 248

Western Hemisphere, 208

Whalen, Paul, 132

Wheatley, Thalia, 52–53

Wheeler, Heather, 24

WHO. See World Health Organization

William James Hall, 15–16, 44

Williams, Jacqueline, 18–20

Williams, Zina, 18–20

Wilson, Samuel, 55

Wilsoncroft, William, 170–172, 174, 185, 192–193

wolves, 59–62, 188

World Bank, 229–230

World Giving Index, 105–106, 203–207, 242–243

World Health Organization (WHO), 106

written fiction, power of, 244–246

Yale University, 26–34, 223–225

Yamagishi, Toshio, 247

Young, Jeanette, 175, 182

youth violence and delinquency, 208–209

Yu, Henry, 195–196

Zebrowitz, Leslie, 181, 189

Zen Buddhism, 118

Zimbardo, Philip, 25–26

zoos, 175–176