Neural Correlates of Hate

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 3; no. 10; p. e3556
• Main Authors: Zeki, Semir, Romaya, John Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 29.10.2008; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Brain; Brain Mapping; Cortex (frontal); Cortex (premotor); Deactivation; Developmental biology; Enzymes; Face - physiology; Facial Expression; Female; Frontal gyrus; Frontal Lobe - physiology; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Happiness; Hate; Humans; Huntingtons disease; Laboratories; Male; Mental Processes - physiology; Nerve Net - physiology; Neurobiology; Neuroscience/Cognitive Neuroscience; Neuroscience/Psychology; Neurosciences; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Pattern Recognition, Visual - physiology; Photic Stimulation - methods; Putamen; Questionnaires; Radiology and Medical Imaging/Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Studies

In this work, we address an important but unexplored topic, namely the neural correlates of hate. In a block-design fMRI study, we scanned 17 normal human subjects while they viewed the face of a person they hated and also faces of acquaintances for whom they had neutral feelings. A hate score was o...