inevitability of, 106, 125
Supreme emotion, love as, 10, 14, 24, 194
Taipei brain imaging study, 46–47
Tales of the City (Maupin), 152
Teach for America (TFA), 171, 173, 176, 177
Tenderness, 94, 104, 125
Thailand, 116
“Thank-yous,” 76
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Kahneman), 167
Threat detection system, 19
Three loving connections exercise, 99–101
Touch, 20, 22, 39, 52, 148
Traherne, Thomas, 161, 184
Trust, 9, 28, 31, 32, 35, 48–50, 67
Unconditional love, 6, 20
University of California at Los Angeles, Social Genomics Core Laboratory, 190
University of Michigan, 70
University of North Carolina, 56
University of Virginia, 70
University of Wisconsin–Madison, 133
Vacharkulksemsuk, Tanya, 71, 72
Vagal tone, 54–58, 84, 85, 97, 183, 190
Vagus nerve, 40–41, 53–57, 60, 61
Vaillant, George, 182
Varieties of Religious Experience, The (James), 180
Visualization, 107–109, 118, 120–122, 124, 125, 150–151, 156, 157, 163, 164
Western culture, 18, 39, 68, 116, 161
White blood cells, 85
Whitman, Walt, 113, 115, 134
Wills, Jeremy, 170–178
Wisdom, 21, 60, 81–84, 122
Wishful thinking, 105, 131
Work teams, 72–73, 81
Zurich study, 48–49
Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become Page 26