Index
7-11 breathing
acetyl choline
adaptability
adenosine, blocking effects of
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
Adrenal Glands
adrenaline
advertisements
Age Related Cognitive Decline (ARCD)
age
cognitive decline and
learning and
alarms, false
alcohol
hangover and
alcohol dehydrogenase
Alzheimer's disease
vs Alzheimer's dementia
immune system and
amino acids
Amygdala
anabolic steroids
anatomy
antioxidants
appearance of brain
Archimedes
associations, perceptions and
atherosclerosis
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Auditory Cortex
Auditory Line
autopilot, functioning on
baby, newborn
brain in
taste in
vision in
bacteria, gut
bananas
Basal Ganglia
belief, deep-rooted
Bell, Joshua
Beta-amyloid plaques
Bifidobacteria longum
bilinguality
biologics
blind spot
blood brain barrier
blood supply
hormones in
sugar in
bottom-up pathways
Brain Optimization Tips (BOPs)
caffeine
exercise
stress
sunshine
water
brain shake
brain stops
A1 stop
Mirror stop
PT stop
STG stop
STS stop
V4
V5
brain teasers
brain training
brainstorming
brewing
butterflies in the stomach
caffeine
benefit to brain of
protection of brain
sleep and
as smart drug
cannabis
carbon dioxide
Cerebellum
chess, playing
children
appetite for knowledge
feedback received in
habits formed in
learning in
preschool
sense of self
cholecystokinin (CCK)
Churchill, Winston
coca leaf
cocaine
coffee
see also caffeine
cognitive decline
cognitive reserve
definition
colour vision
impaired
communication skills
computer games
conditioning
confirmation bias
conscious thought
consciousness
capacity
consistency of information
corkscrew thinking
Corpus Callosum
Cortex
thinning of
cortisol
immune system
rest and
laughter and
crack
creative thinking
enhanced
origins of
sleep and
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly
dancing
danger zones
decision making
anger and bad
emotional flavoured
experience and
mistakes and
outcome of
stress and
Deep Blue computer
dehydration
dementia
dendrites
dental health
Dentate Gyrus (DG)
depression
DHEA
diabetes
digestive system
bacteria in
hormonal control of hunger
digital addiction litmus test
displacement
distraction, unintended
intended
distractions, sensitivity to
DNA, effect of cortisol on
dopamine
Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex (dlPFC) stop
dreaming
drugs
definition
performance enhancing
smart
see also caffeine; Ecstasy
dunking
effectiveness of
methods
eardrum
Ecstasy (MDMA)
Edison, Thomas
Einstein Aging Study
endorphins
energy
illness and
requirement of brain
usage by brain
Enteric Nervous System
Entorhinal Cortex (EC)
eureka moment
Executive Function
exercise
video gaming and
expectations
experience, decision making and
external brain devices
reliance on
faces, processing of
Falk, Peter
fats
dangers of
saturated
Flow
Flynn, James
foetus
brain in
sense of self
sound detection in
taste and
“food baby”
Ford, Henry
Fovea
framing
free radicals
Freud, Sigmund
Frontal Lobe
Frontoparietal brain
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
Fusiform Face
GABA
gambling problems
gaming
Ghrelin
glutamate, noradrenaline
glycogen
GOM Time
gratification, instant
green tea
grey matter
Gustatory Cortex
gut feelings
habits
hangover
hearing
heart
heart attack
Hippocampus
shrinkage of
Hold Line
hunger centres
hunger control
hydration
hynogogic state
Hypothalamus
immune system
Alzheimer's and
impatience
inhibitory neurotransmitter
inner ear
instincts
and decision making
Insula
insulin
Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
Internet
addiction
statistics
Intraparietal Sulcus (IPS)
juggling
Kasparov, Garry
ketamine
“Knowledge, The”
Lactobacillus helveticus
laughter
cortisol and
learning
age and
children and
imagined practice
practice of
technology and
leptin
life expectancy
Limbic Line
Limbic System
liver disease
London taxi drivers
longevity
loss aversion
magic mushrooms
map reading
maté de coca
MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methamphetamine) see Ecstasy
meditation
melatonin
memory
capacity
Internet and
long-term
place, as trigger of
scents and
space
stress and
working
meninges
methylphenidate (Ritalin)
midbrain
modafinil (Provigil)
mood changes
endorphins and
exercise and
serotonin and
sunshine and
motion, perception of
multitasking
music, perception of
musical instrument, playing
napping see sleep
narcolepsy
navigation
neurofibrillary tangles
neuroplasticity
nightmares
nootropic drugs see smart drugs
noradrenaline
Nucleus Accumbens (NA)
obsessive compulsive disorder
Occipital Lobe
Olfactory Bulbs
Olfactory Cortex
olfactory perception
Olfactory receptors
Orbitofrontal Cortex (OFC)
outdoors, time spent
oxygen
oxytocin
pain receptors
Parietal Lobes
Parkinson's disease
perception
impact of context and expectations on
performance enhancing drugs
pictures of experiences
pitch detection
Pituitary Gland
playing
pleasure, expectation of
Poincaré, Henri
post-traumatic stress disorder
power nap
Power of Surprise Rewards
practice
imagined, and brain changes
of learning
preconceptions
Prefrontal Cortex (PFC)
left
right
prejudice
probiotics
professional networking
Provigil see modafinil
Prozac
push and pull, emotional
radar operators, false alarms by by
reading
recognition of faces
redundancy in the brain
rehydration
repetition
respiration
response threshold
resting
stress and
retina
Reward Line
reward pathway
resisting temptation
surprises and changes in
reward system
rheumatoid arthritis
Ritalin see methylphenidate
rod cells
“roid rage”
“rookie bundlers”
satnav
search engines
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
self, sense of
self-belief
serotonin
set piece behaviours
breaking
sex organ, brain as
Shakespeare, William
shrinkage, brain
Silent Cerebral Infarcts
sleep
caffeine and
deprivation
memory consolidation in
nocturnal waking
preparing for
smart drugs and
trying to
smart drugs
caffeine as
moral dilemmas
sleep and
see also alcohol; caffeine
smell
anticipation of pleasure
perception of
smoking
social networking
socializing
Socrates
Somatosensory Cortex
starvation
steroids
stress
chronic
stress hormones
see also cortisol; DHEA
stroke
subconscious
capacity
decision making and
work and
sugar
dangers of
rush
slow-release
sunshine
Superior Temporal Gyrus
surprises
switch costs, brain
Sympathetic Nervous System
synapses
table tennis
taste
anticipation of pleasure
development of
enjoyment of
tea
technology
addictive dependence on
brain adaptation to
damaging aspects of
impact of
learning and
rapid change in
short cuts to progress and
television watching
temperature, lowering
Temporal Lobe
temptation, resisting
Thalamus
threat detection
tobacco see smoking
tones, detection of
top-down pathways
touch
touch screens
tryptophan
ultraviolet (UV) light
Vagus Nerve
Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA)
video gaming
vision
3D
motion and
of newborn baby
at night
peripheral
video gaming and
Visual Lines
visual pathways
vitamin D
watch keeping, and false alarms
water
drinking
white matter
women, multitasking in
World War II
Index compiled by Annette Musker