The Social Animal

babies: as blank slates, 1;

brain of, 1, 2;

consciousness of, 1;

facial feature recognition by, 1;

firstborn, 1;

intelligence and, 1;

jiggling of, 1;

knowledge of, 1, 2;

language understanding of, 1;

limerence and, 1;

morality and, 1;

mothers bonding with, 1, 2, 3;

newborn, 1, 2;

startling of, 1;

“still-face” research and, 1;

temperament of, 1.

See also children

Bacon, Francis, 1

Banfield, Edward, 1

banks, 1

Barabási, Albert-László, 1

Barber, Brad, 1

Bargh, John, 1

Baron-Cohen, Simon, 1

Barone, Michael, 1

Barrick, Murray, 1

Bartels, Larry, 1

Baumeister, Roy, 1

beauty, 1, 2, 3.

See also attractiveness behavior: in AA groups, 1;

Academy’s emphasis on, 1;

AIDS and, 1;

attachment theory and, 1, 2;

causes of, 1;

change in, 1;

character and, 1;

children’s mimicking of parents,’ 1;

consciousness/behavior unconsciousness and, 1, 2, 3;

culture and, 1, 2;

divergent, 1;

emergent systems and, 1;

Enlightenment and, 1;

human uniqueness and, 1;

map meld and, 1;

marketing and, 1;

marshmallow study about, 1;

morality and, 1, 2;

patterns in mind and, 1, 2;

politics and, 1, 2;

public policy and, 1, 2;

rationalism and, 1;

storytelling and, 1;

unconscious influence on, 1.

See also self-control; specific behavior behavioral economics, 1

behavioral science, 1

beliefs, 1, 2, 3, 4

Benjamin, Daniel, 1

Berger, Jonah, 1

Berlin, Isaiah, 1

Bhattacharya, Joy, 1

biography: inadequacy of, 1

blame, 1, 2, 3

blank slate theory, 1, 2, 3

blending: brain and, 1

blindsight, 1

bliss, 1

Blond, Phillip, 1

Bloom, Allan, 1

Bloom, Benjamin, 1

Bloom, Paul, 1

body: consciousness/unconsciousness and, 1;

mind interactions with, 1, 2

bonds: decline of Erica’s consulting firm and, 1;

happiness and, 1;

Intercom decline and, 1;

laughter and, 1;

limerence and, 1;

morality and, 1, 2;

mother-child, 1, 2;

oxytocin and, 1;

parent-child, 1;

politicians and, 1;

public policy and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

social, 1, 2

books; as way to escape isolation, 1

Born, Jan, 1

bosses: flattering of, 1

Bourdieu, Pierre, 1

Bowlby, John, 1, 2, 3

brain: aging and, 1, 2;

of athletes, 1, 2;

attachment theory and, 1, 2;

of babies, 1, 2;

blending and, 1;

body interactions with, 1, 2;

complexity of, 1;

culture and, 1, 2;

damage to, 1;

development of, 1;

distractions and, 1;

early-morning states and, 1;

as emergent system, 1;

emotions and decision-making link and, 1;

Erica’s other education and, 1, 2;

evolution of, 1;

executive-function areas of, 1;

factual/academic learning and, 1;

functions of, 1, 2, 3;

Harold’s soul and, 1;

human uniqueness and, 1;

“I’m a tiger” comment and, 1;

inherited knowledge of babies and, 1;

learning and, 1, 2;

love and, 1;

marketing and, 1;

mind distinguished from, 1;

mindfulness meditation and, 1, 2, 3;

morality and, 1, 2, 3, 4;

mother-child bonding and, 1;

Ms. Taylor’s method and, 1;

multitasking by, 1;

neuromappers and, 1;

overconfidence and, 1;

oxytocin in, 1;

paintings and, 1;

perception and evaluation processes in, 1, 2;

preparatory phase in, 1;

as record of a life, 1;

self-consciousness and, 1;

self-control and, 1, 2;

sex and, 1, 2;

sleep effect on, 1;

social parts of, 1, 2, 3;

stress and, 1;

work ethic and, 1;

writing gestation period and, 1.

See also consciousness/unconsciousness;

mirror neurons;

patterns/models,

mental; synaptic connections; specific

function of brain breasts, 1

British Enlightenment, 1, 2

Brizendine, Louann, 1, 2

Brown, Donald E., 1

Bruce, Lenny, 1

Brunch Club, 1, 2

Bruner, Jerome, 1

Buffett, Warren, 1, 2

Burke, Edmund, 1, 2

Burt, Ronald, 1

Burton, Robert, 1

business culture, 1, 2

business leaders: characteristics of, 1

Buss, David, 1, 2