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Abdulmutallab, Umar Farouk, 204, 226–227, 350
Acetylcholine, 131
Acta, Manny, 48
Adolescence
peer rejection in, 314–315
risk taking in, 199
self-harm in, 247, 248, 249–250
Ahimsa (doing no harm), 351
Ahmad, Christopher, 120, 122–123, 126
Air Florida Flight 90 crash, 103–104
Altman, Richard, 210
Amygdala
destroyed in SM, 176
Family trigger activating, 211
fear conditioning of, 342–343, 362
fear regulated by, 176–177, 266
freeze-or-flee response and, 227–229
involuntary response of, 146
learned fear and, 224
maternal-aggression circuitry, 220–221
neuroanatomy of, 222–224
pain suppression by, 212
prejudice and, 309
response to predators and, 224–226
route through cerebral cortex to, 214–215
sensory information monitoring by, 211–212, 217
subcortical pathway to, 214, 217
threat-response and, 214, 215, 266
Ananenko, Alexei, 277
Anderson, David, 260
Andersson, Stefan, 253
Angelou, Maya, 141
Anger management, ineffectiveness of, 49–54
Anterior cingulate cortex, 187, 191
Antonetti, Chris, 48
Apollo 1 astronauts’ deaths, 180
Arntzen, Wenche, 17
Ashtari, Manzar, 151–152, 153, 154
Aurora theater shooter, 86–88, 89–90, 92–93
Baldwin, James, 233
Ballantine, Thomas, 30
Baltimore riots, 326–327
Baranov, Boris, 277
Barcelona pickpocket incident
answer to question launched by, 371
automatic violence during, 8, 15–16, 24–25, 110, 144–145, 343
brain synchronization and, 139
environmental factors and, 264
fight-or-flight response in, 24
information known and missing in, 343
as inspiration for this book, 7–8
intentions for the future and, 343–344
LIFEMORTS triggers in, 43–44, 72
MPD violation in, 135–136
Paris experiences before, 4–5, 337–338
potentially lethal holds in, 336–337
pursuit by thugs after, 7, 24, 144, 145, 242, 243
questions raised by, 7, 8, 9, 342–343
SEAL Team Six member on, 337, 339
story of, 4–7
stressful events preceding, 337–339, 342
unease in aftermath of, 370
Barr, Ronald, 95
Batting in baseball, 120–121
Bayard, William, 80
Bean, Nicole, 104–105
Bezpalov, Valeri, 277
Bible, violence against women in, 256–257
Biden, Joe, 246
Big mountain free skiing, 118–120
Bin Laden, Osama, 123–125, 216–217
Blindness
congenital, vision despite, 146–173
gene therapy for, 151–152
Boston bombers, 310–322
confusion inspired by, 312
early life of, 310–311
electronic information and, 313–314
insanity defense and, 85–86
neuroscience of, 314–315
shrine at bomb site, 312
Tsarni’s reflections on, 311–312, 316–322
Brain. See also specific regions
anatomy of, 25–28
the body’s impact on, 179
core functions of, 281
creatures without one, 178–179
functions below awareness, 28–29, 113–114
left-right/male-female function under stress, 269–271
as a paired organ, 27
post-birth development of, 280
sex differences in every lobe, 265
synchronization by rhythm, 136–137
synchronization during communication, 135
triune theory of (false), 20–23
violence as innate capacity of, 81–82
violent circuits of, 290
Brain stimulation
attacks provoked by, 14–15
early research in, 30–31
Branson, Richard, 198
Breivik, Anders Behring, 17, 91
Broca’s area, 148
Burge, Jon, 305
Burnett, Stephanie, 199
Burr, Aaron, 80
Cain, Matthew, 198
Canteras, Newton, 225
Carderock homicide
argument before, 74, 75–76, 79
author’s visits to Carderock, 68, 74–78
DiPaolo accused continually by Farrar, 68–69, 70, 75–76
DiPaolo’s decline before, 67, 70, 73
drop of climbing partner before, 60–63
Farrar found dead by Gregory, 65–66, 74, 76–77
insanity defense and, 92
news reports exacerbating, 73
oddness of claw-hammer in, 72–73
possible scenarios of, 70–71
remembrance held for Farrar, 78–79
triggers for, 71–72, 73, 79, 222
Carnegie Hero Fund, 276
Carter, Jimmy, 300
Casey, B. J., 364
Cecil, Tom, 67
CEOs, sensation seeking by, 198
Cerebral cortex
in the congenitally blind, 148–149
consciousness and, 28
dopamine source for, 130
pain suppression and, 212
response to threat and, 146
route to the amygdala through, 214–215
sensory input and, 29
C-Fos protein, 218–219, 220, 261, 262
Chernobyl nuclear power plant, 276–277
Child abuse, brain altered by, 266, 267
Child thrown off bridge, 12–14
China, military push by, 296, 297
Choking in sports, 120, 121–122, 203–204
Cingulum, surgical removal of, 30
Collins, Francis, 20
Collision avoidance, 132–135
Communication
brain synchronization during, 135
facilitated by rhythm, 138–139
by touch, 139–140
Connell, David, 57–58, 358, 359
Consciousness
brain functions below, 28–29, 113–114
the cerebral cortex and, 28
response to threat and, 145–146
subliminal information below, 29–30, 143
Costa Concordia sinking, 201–202
Courage
of bush pilots, 191–194
as persistence despite risk and fear, 189
Crying babies, 93–95
Curie, Marie, 32
Dahl, Jason, 102
Dalai Lama, 331
Dand, Pravin, 355, 356–357, 358, 370
Darrow, Clarence, 243
Daw, Nathaniel, 197
Dela Rosa, Carmela, 12–14
Deland, Stuart, 105–106
Delgado, José Manuel Rodriguez, 30–31
Demonic Males, 258
Dermo-optical perception, 150–151, 153–155, 156–157, 159–165
Derringer, Jaime, 198
Diminished Capacity defense, 85
DiPaolo, David
argument with Farrar, 74, 75–76, 79
as Carderock Dave, 63–64
climbing partner dropped by, 60–63, 67, 68–69, 70
continually accused by Farrar, 68–69, 70, 75–76
decline after climbing partner’s death, 67, 70, 73, 75
Farrar killed by, 65–66, 67–68, 69–78
free soloing by, 65
guilt suffered by, 63
insanity defense and, 92
insanity defense of, 79
taught by Farrar, 64
Domestic violence
House of Ruth requests and, 238
statistics on, 251–252
unconscious, 238–239
Dominance, violence for establishing, 40, 81, 222, 258
Dopamine
addiction to violence and, 245
in brain’s reward system, 213
break down by MAOA, 130
love and, 280
midbrain as source of, 129–130
sensation seeking and, 197–198, 199, 200
Dorner, Christopher, 43
Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, 115–116, 125–126, 127–128, 186–187
Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, 132
Dueling, 80–81
Duncan, Kelly, 104
Durham, Bob, 34
Durham rule, 84
Echolocation, 156
Edwards, Marc, 33
El Baramawy, Yasmine, 241
Eltahawy, Diana, 241
Emotional contagion, 328–329
Environment trigger
addiction to violence and, 245
in Barcelona pickpocket incident, 43
described, 41
love fortifying, 279
motorcycle gangs and, 336
response to predators and, 225
in road rage, 45
for war, 298
Extinction therapies, 268, 359–366
Family trigger
in Barcelona pickpocket incident, 43–44
brain areas involved in, 211
described, 40–41
in the London Underground, 210–211
love energizing, 279
maternal aggression and, 210, 218–221
in road rage, 44–45
son in Baltimore riot and, 327
Farrar, Geoff
annoying character of, 66–67, 75–76
argument with DiPaolo, 74, 75–76, 79
DiPaolo accused continually by, 68–69, 70, 75–76
DiPaolo taught by, 64
free soloing by, 64–65
killed by DiPaolo, 65–66, 67–68, 69–78
remembrance held for, 78–79
Fear
amygdala conditioned by, 342–343, 362
amygdala’s regulation of, 176–177, 266
brain/body connections and, 178–180
cortical control circuits and, 202–203, 205
courage not the absence of, 174, 176
danger of the absence of, 174
extinction therapies for, 268, 359–366
hardwired fears, 183–185
Martin’s lack of, 174–176
neuronal circuits and response to, 204
resting heart rate and, 179–180
singing and, 215
study of overcoming, 189–190
suffocation causing, 177
training to use, 185–186
variations among people, 183
Feinstein, Justin, 176
Female-on-female violence, 253–255
Fight-or-flight response
in Barcelona pickpocket incident, 24
extinction therapy and, 361
freeze-or-flee response, 227–229
relatively slow onset of, 24, 144
Fisher, Wendy
anger suppressed by, 368–369
fear felt by, 186
free skiing by, 118–120, 366–367
roots of her adventurousness, 367–368
sensation seeking by, 196
skiing accident of, 117–118
youth of, 367
Foltz, Eldon, 30
Four F’s, 260
Fraracio, Jessica, 93–94
Freeman, Walter, 30
Freeze-or-flee response, 227–229
Fromholz, Stephen, 106–107
Fusiform cortex, 308–309
Gan, Wen-Biao, 57
Gandhi, Mahatma, 351
Gender. See Sex differences
Giffords, Gabrielle, 17
Ginther, Sabine, 118
Glover, Carol, 346, 347, 348, 349
Glucocorticoids, 56–57
Gone with the Wind, 3–4
Good Samaritan, 275–276
Gostner, Paul, 293
Gotthardt, Don, 12
Graham, Toya, 327
Gray, Freddie, 326
Grèzes, Julie, 145
Grogan, Virginia, 108
Gross, Ann, 209
Gut feelings, 114–117
Gyi, Par, 304
Gyrus, 27
Hamilton, Alexander, 80
Handshakes, 139–140
Hearst, Patricia, 340–341
Heart-rate variability (HRV), 203
Herding behavior, 323–324
Heroism
fear in the midst of, 174, 176
individuals excelling in, 112
LIFEMORTS triggers and, 108, 109, 112
not unique to only one sex, 234–235
Hess, Walter Rudolph, 14, 15, 30, 217, 219
Hester, Leigh Ann, 234, 235, 252
Higashi, Kelly, 275
Hinckley, John Jr., 84
Hippocampus
involuntary response of, 146
threat-response and, 211, 213–214, 266, 267
Holmes, James, 86–88, 89–90, 92–93
Homo sapiens
radical environment changes for, 294–295
Wells’s dark view of, 290–292
Horace, 3
HRV (heart-rate variability), 203
Hudson airline landing, 200–201, 205–206
Hunter/gatherer risks, 273–274
Hypothalamus
attacks provoked by electrode in, 14–15
Family trigger activating, 211
four F’s controlled by, 260
involuntary response of, 146
maternal-aggression circuitry, 218, 219
perspiration and, 361
rage response of, 16
sex-violence link and, 261–264
violence triggered by circuits in, 16
Infanticide in primates, 258
Insanity defense, 83–93
Aurora movie-theater shooter and, 86–88, 89–90, 92–93
Boston bombers and, 85–86
competency and, 88
definitions of insanity and, 84, 85
by DiPaolo, 79
Guilty but Mentally Ill verdict, 87, 88
history of mental illness and, 83
hypothalamic rage response vs., 16
by Lui, 83–84
in Norwegian mass slaughter, 17
psychological autopsy and, 90–91
sentencing and, 88
state variations in, 84, 85, 87, 89
Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984, 84
Insula, prejudice and, 309
Insult trigger
in Barcelona pickpocket incident, 44
in Carderock homicide, 73, 79, 222
described, 40
for domestic violence, 254
dominance behavior and, 222
dueling in response to, 80–81
motorcycle gangs and, 336
in road rage, 44
in sports rage, 49
Internment of Japanese Americans, 306–307
Isbell, Lynne, 183–184
Jackson, Andrew, 80
Jail, stress in, 57–58
Jesus Christ, 34–35
Kelly, Tom, 118
Kennedy, Craig, 245
Kerry, John, 288–289
Kill Anything That Moves, 289
King, Martin Luther Jr., 351, 358
King, Rodney, 325
Language processing, rhythm and, 138–139
Lanza, Adam, 17
Laos, bombing of, 289
Larking, Don, 84
Lateral ventricle, 211
LeDoux, Joseph, 362
Lee, Taraz, 128
LeMay, Curtis, 289
Lien, Alexian, 324–325
LIFEMORTS triggers. See also specific kinds
brain circuitry for, 218–227
complex behaviors due to, 219–220
as double-edged swords, 322–323, 329–330
evolutionary dynamics and, 96
females’ response to, 252–253
heroism and, 108, 109, 112, 276
learning to recognize, 39–40, 47, 97
list and brief descriptions of, 40–43
love and, 279
multiple in a situation, 43–44
selection of this set of triggers, 39
stress increasing effect of, 55, 58–59
threshold lowered by stress, 337, 339, 341–342, 343
variations in response to, 204
Life-or-limb trigger
aggression related to, 222
in Barcelona pickpocket incident, 43, 72
in Carderock homicide, 71–72
described, 40
in ending a barroom brawl, 336
response to predators and, 225
in road rage, 44
snapping possible for anyone with, 340
violent struggles tripping, 72
Lin, Dayu, 262
Lincoln, Abraham, 80–81
Linden, David, 20
Liston, Conor, 57
Lizard brain, 20–23, 24, 25, 227
LoBue, Vanessa, 185
Locus ceruleus, 130
Logan, Lara, 239–240
London Underground baby rescue, 210–211
Long, Leonard, 276
Los Angeles riots, 325
Loughner, Jared, 17
Love
“falling” in, 278–279
LIFEMORTS triggers and, 279
neurocircuitry of, 281–282
neurotransmitters involved in, 280
parenting and the circuitry of, 280
Lukas, Dieter, 258
Luther, Martin, 101
Luttrell, Marcus, 215–216
MacKinnon, John, 259
Maher, Charlie, 48, 49, 121–122, 127, 203–204
Major, Paul, 118
Malena, Raffaele, 202
MAOA (monoamine oxidase A), 130, 131
Martella, David, 83
Martin, Sally (SM), 174–176, 177
Martin, Trayvon, 36
Mate trigger
described, 41
love energizing, 279
power of, 243
sex-violence link and, 243
Maternal aggression, 207–210, 218, 219, 220–221
Maternal care, 281–282
McCarthy witch hunts, 308
McConkey, Shane, 367
McGirr, Johnny, 277–278
McHenry, Britt, 255
McKeon, Stephen, 198
Mean predicted distance (MPD), 134
Medial prefrontal cortex, 116
Memory
extinction therapies, 268, 359–366
hippocampus and, 213
reconsolidation of, 362–364
Mesencephalon, 129–130
Metro transit death in DC, 344–350
Mexico, torture in, 304–305
Meyniel, Florent, 188
Mind at the End of Its Tether, 290–292
Minemier, Kevin, 104–105
Mitchell, Margaret, 3
Moniz, Egas, 30
Monoamine oxidase A (MAOA), 130, 131
Moore, Richard Irvin, 107–108
Moose mother and calf, 208–210
Morris, Ian, 294
Motorcycle gangs, 324–325, 335–336
Motta, Simone, 219
Moyer, Scott, 110–113, 125, 145
Murder statistics, 250–251
Murphy, Mikey, 216
Naim, Haji, 34
Nealey, Elijah, 93–94
Nealey, Mike, 93
Neurons, 178–179
Nishijo, Hisao, 184
Norepinephrine, 130
Nucleus accumbens, 26, 140, 213
Occipital lobe, 27
Ogdoc, Angelyn, 12–14
Ogdoc, James, 13
Ogdoc, Kathlyn, 13
Olson, Drake, 191–194, 195–196
Operating room pressures, 122–123
Opie, Christopher, 258
Orbital prefrontal cortex, 116–117, 127
Organization or social order trigger
described, 41–42
in ending a barroom brawl, 336
heroism and, 112
love fortifying, 279
in Malala, 236
in road rage, 45
sexual assault and, 276
violence associated with, 222
Ötzi the Iceman, 292–293, 295–296
Palin, Sarah, 207–208
Parvizi, Josef, 187
Paterson, Pat, 299
Patino, Christopher, 105
Peckham, Haley, 248–249, 365–366
Penney, Heather “Luckey,” 101–103
Penney, John, 102
Periaqueductal gray (PAG), 228
Persistence, the brain and, 187, 188–189
Pesssiglione, Mathias, 189
Peterson, Dale, 258–259
Phelps, Elizabeth, 362
Pistorius, Oscar, 33
Pornography, 243–244
Post office knifing, 9–11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 38
Posterior insula, 188
Prefrontal cortex
described, 26
dorsolateral, 115–116, 125–126, 127–128, 186–187
dorsomedial, 132
medial, 116
stress responses and, 202–203
threat detection and, 266
Prefrontal lobotomy, 30
Prejudice and stereotyping, 306–310
Primates, violence in, 257–259
P300 brain wave, 269
PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), 129, 195, 359–360, 362, 364, 365
Quakers, 358–359
Ra, Myong Chin, 208–209
Racecar drivers, 36–38, 45–46, 126–127, 131–132, 193, 195–196
Racial prejudice, 306–308
Rage. See also LIFEMORTS triggers
anger management ineffective for, 49–54
at Barcelona pickpocket, 5–8, 15–16
false media depiction of snapping, 341
familiarity with, 11–12
forms of, 17–18
in Gone with the Wind, 3–4
hardwired in the brain, 4
modern epidemic of, 15, 19, 33
power unleashed by, 9
as result, not cause, of snapping, 53
road rage, 12, 16, 35, 36–37, 44–46
scheming crimes distinct from, 16–17
senseless in the aftermath, 32–33
in sports, 47–49
threshold lowered by stress, 341
Ralston, Aron, 42
Rangel, Antonio, 186
Reagan, Ronald, 84
Regulatory depletion, 186–187
Religion and spirituality, 280–281, 282–285
Reptilian (lizard) brain, 20–23, 24, 25, 227
Resources trigger
in Barcelona pickpocket incident, 43
described, 42
McHenry’s snapping and, 255
robbery and, 336
for war, 298
Resting heart rate, fear and, 179–180
Retinal photoreceptors, 171–172
Reynolds, Terrence, 284
Rhythm, 136–139
Rice, Janay, 239
Riots, 325–327
Road rage
hit-and-run felony, 12
multiple triggers in, 44–45
prevalence of, 35
in racecar drivers, 36–38, 45–46, 126–127
subtle triggers for, 36
territorial roots of, 16
Roig, Kaitlin, 112
Russian territorial expansion, 296–297
Said, Mustafa, 105
Samenow, Stanton, 13
Sandy Hook School massacre, 17, 111–112
Sarkeesian, Anita, 244
Satyarthi, Kailash, 236
Scheming crimes, 16–17
Schettino, Francesco, 201–202
Schiller, Daniela, 195, 359, 360, 361, 362, 364–365
Schuringa, Jasper, 204, 226–227, 350
SEAL Team Six member
on Barcelona incident, 337, 339
on bin Laden assault, 123–125
conscious decision-making favored by, 339–340
emergency IV skills taught by, 181–182, 206
on fear in combat, 174
gut feelings trusted by, 114–115, 116–117
on Schuringa’s understanding, 226–227
on snapping as possible for anyone, 340
on training to use fear, 185–186
on yielding to a robber, 342
Secret Service agents, 110–113
Self-control, regulatory depletion and, 186–187
Self-harm, 246–250
Sensation seeking, 196–200
aggression not correlated with, 197
by CEOs, 198
dopamine and, 197–198, 199, 200
gender and, 199
insula and, 199–200
Sensory perception
altered by rhythm, 137
amygdala monitoring of, 211–212, 213
complexity of input for, 29, 148
by congenitally blind woman, 146–173
loss of a sensory ability and, 142, 143, 147–150
much input ignored, 148
subcortical pathway to the brain, 214, 217
September 11, 2001, 101–103, 350
Septum, Family trigger activating, 211
Serotonin, 129, 130–131, 280, 329
Sex differences
armed forces and, 237
in facial recognition, 242–243
heroism not one of, 234–235
in response to stress, 267, 269–271
in response to threats, 236–237
in risk taking, 272–274
sensation seeking and, 199
ubiquitousness in humans, 233, 265–266
Sexual assault
in the Bible, 256–257
in colleges and universities, 245–246
gang rape in India, 241–242
honor killings, 242
in the military, 245
in pornography, 244
in primates, 259
in prisons, 305–306
saved by Good Samaritan, 275–276
in science workplaces, 246
in Tahrir Square, 239–241, 309
in war, 256–257
Sex-violence link, 260–265
common features of both, 260–261
factors affecting, 264–265
four F’s and, 260
hypothalamus circuits and, 261–264
Mate trigger and, 243
by reward and pleasure systems, 245, 261
Shad fishing and conservation, 331–335
Shaken-baby syndrome, 93–95
Shame, self-harm and, 248, 250
Shields, James, 81
Shock, 183
Shutdown of US government in 2013, 327–328
Smell, limbic system and, 212–213
Smith, Alec, 108–109
Smith, Natasha, 240–241
Snakes, fear of, 183–184, 189–190
Snapping. See LIFEMORTS triggers; Rage
Solo, Hope, 254
SPICES acronym for Quaker principles, 358–359
Spirituality and religion, 280–281, 282–285
Sports. See also specific kinds
choking in, 120, 121–122, 203–204
rage in, 47–49
Stanhope, Philip, 60
Steenkamp, Reeva, 33
Stone Age homicide, 292–293
Stopped trigger
described, 42–43
motorcycle gangs and, 336
in road rage, 45
in sports rage, 49
for war, 298
Street riots, 325–327
Stress
acute, synapses stimulated by, 57
childhood, brain permanently altered by, 266
chronic, brain circuits rewired by, 341
chronic, damage due to, 56, 58
glucocorticoids released by, 56–57
in jail, 57–58
performance under, 122–123, 203–204
prefrontal cortex and, 202–203
PTSD, 129
sex differences in response to, 267, 269–271
trigger threshold lowered by, 337, 339, 341–342, 343
triggers’ effect increased by, 55, 58–59
on whistleblowers, 55–56
Subliminal perception, 29–30, 143
Substantia nigra, 130
Suffocation, panic caused by, 177
Sullenberger, Chester “Sully,” 200–201, 205–206
Swanton, W. Patrick, 324
Symbionese Liberation Army, 340–341
Synaptic pruning, 128
Tahrir Square, sexual assault in, 239–241, 309
Takei, George, 306
Taylor, Henry, 110
Teenagers. See Adolescence
Temporal lobe, 27
Thalamus
dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and, 125–126
pain suppression and, 212
Thayer, Julian, 203
Theory of mind, 282–283, 285, 310
Thiessen, Marc, 328
Tirado, Priscilla, 104
TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation), 128, 329
Tonkin Gulf incident, 299
Torture, 303–306
Touch
communication by, 139–140
seeing by, 150–151, 153–155, 156–157, 159–165
visual cortex wired to, 154
Tracts in the brain, 26
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), 128, 329
Transcranial stimulation, 31
Travis, Alexander, 105–106
Tribe trigger
in Barcelona pickpocket incident, 44
described, 42
in ending a barroom brawl, 336
group mentality and, 327–328
herding behavior and, 323–324
heroism and, 112
love fortifying, 279
in Malala, 236
motorcycle gangs and, 324, 336
in road rage, 45
street riots and, 325
us vs. them and, 322
for war, 298
Tricia (congenitally blind woman), 146–173
character of, 146
color perception by, 150
dreams auditory for, 158
echolocation by, 156
fast text-to-speech use by, 155
hyperarousal and hyperawareness in, 147–148
importance of vision to, 158, 166
marijuana and vision of, 156, 157–158, 167–173
nystagmus of, 156
seeing by touch, 150–151, 153–155, 156–157, 159–165
visual cortex wired to touch in, 154
visual imagination of, 159
willing herself to see, 147, 153, 166–167, 172–173
writing by, 165
Triggers. See LIFEMORTS triggers
Trujillo, Ana, 253
Tsarnaev, Tamerlan and Dzhokar. See Boston bombers
Tsarni, Ruslan, 311, 312, 315, 316–322
Tunnel vision, 125–126, 127–128
Turse, Nick, 289
Unabomber, 91
Underwear bomber, 204, 226–227, 350
Vance, J. Paul, 111
Ventral tegmental area, 130
Ventromedial thalamus, 188
Video games, 244
Vietnam War, 289–290, 299–300, 301–303
Vigl, Eduard Egarter, 293
Violence against women. See Domestic violence; Sexual assault
Violent crime. See also specific kinds
female-on-female violence, 253–255
sex-based differences in, 250, 252
statistics on, 250–251
Visual cortex
in the congenitally blind, 148–149
described, 26
visual evoked potential in, 137
wired to touch, 154
Visual perception
altered by rhythmic sound, 137
by congenitally blind woman, 146–173
early life development needed for, 149
retinal photoreceptors for other uses, 171–172
War, 288–303
atrocities of, 288–290, 293–294
current prospects for, 296–297, 298
internment of Japanese Americans, 306–307
LIFEMORTS triggers for, 298–299
number of human deaths due to, 293–294
Steinbeck as war correspondent, 301–303
US defense budget, 288
in Vietnam, 289–290, 299–300, 301–303
World War II, 300–301
Washington, George, 286
Weather Underground, 313
Webster, Frank, 350
Wells, H. G., 290–292
Werth, Jayson, 120–121
Whistleblowers, stress on, 55–56
White, Bruce, 14
White, Edward, 180
White, Lowell, 30
Williams, Arland Jr., 103–104, 350
Wittmann, Bianca, 197
World War II, 300–301
Wrangham, Richard, 258–259
Xianmei, Chen, 205
Yaman, Hakan, 304
Yates, Andrea, 87
Yehudain, Sapir, 237
Young, Ray Alfred, 9–11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 38
Yousafzai, Malala, 235–236
Zimmerman, George, 36