social allergens impact
traits that first attract and then annoy
repetition, in relationships
Reuters
Roddick, Andy
Rodrigues, Sarina
roller coasters
Rosati, Alexandra
Ross, David
Ross, Michael
rotten egg smell
rough sounds
Rozin, Paul
rule breaking. See social rule breaking
the Rumbler
runner’s high
sadness
Saks, Gene
saltiness
scaling methods
The Scent of Desire (Herz)
Schulman, Tom
Science
Sciences
screams
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
self, concept of
Shubin, Neil
Silver, Jon
Silverstein, Mark
Simon, Neil
Simons, Dan
Simpson, Elizabeth
sirens
skunk spray
appearance of
chemical makeup
detection at low levels
evolutionary predisposition to smell
health dangers
learned aversion to
remedies
research hindrances
strength and persistence of odor
smell, sense of. See also skunk spray
smiling
Smith, Scott
Soccer World Cup (2006)
social allergens
social cues
social learning
social norms
social rule breaking
examples of
movie and play characters
primate studies
social allergens
sounds
definition of
ears and hearing
frequency of
loudness of
pleasantness vs. unpleasantness
roughness of
tone
See also music; noise annoyances
speech, predictability of
sports
“Bug Game”
trash talk
spouse’s annoying habits. See relationships, annoyances in
Squire, Larry
SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors)
stereocilia
Stewart, Potter
sticklebacks
The Story of Us
stress
supertasters
Switzerland
inflexibility in
pace of life
Syria, pace of life in
tamarins
taste
telephones
ThinkGeek
thiols
time perception
Tinbergen, Nikolaas
Tinklepaugh, Otto Leif
tone
traits
Tranel, Daniel
trash talk
traumatic brain injury patients
TRPA1
TRP proteins
Tung, Will
Twain, Mark
uncouth habits
Ungar, Felix
University of York
unpleasantness requirement
Utkuhikhalingmiut Eskimos
van de Geer, John
verbal shadowing
Virginia Medical Monthly
vomiting
von Clef, Julia
Wang, Qi
What about Bob?
Wilkinson, Howard
wine
women, pain tolerance of. See also relationships, annoyances in
Wood, William
Wynne, Clive
x-system
Zatorre, Robert
Zidane, Zinedine
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Palca, Joe.
Annoying : the science of what bugs us / Joe Palca and Flora Lichtman.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-470-63869-9 (hardback); ISBN 978-1-118-02809-4 (ebk.); ISBN 978-1-118-02810-0 (ebk.); ISBN 978-1-118-02811-7 (ebk.)
1. Aversive stimuli—Physiological effect. 2. Aversion—Psysiological aspects. 3. Neuropsychology. 4. Discontent. 5. Human physiology. I. Lichtman, Flora. Title.
QP401.P35 2011
612.8—dc22
2010054046