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�…

The widespread ubiquity of hate speech affects people's attitudes and behavior. Exposure to
hate speech can lead to prejudice, dehumanization, and lack of empathy towards members�…

The neural correlates of many emotional states have been studied, most recently through
the technique of fMRI. However, nothing is known about the neural substrates involved in�…

Although philosophers, psychologists, artists, and poets have been interested in the nature
and origin of passionate love throughout the ages, only in the 1960s have social�…

Romantic rejection causes a profound sense of loss and negative affect. It can induce
clinical depression and in extreme cases lead to suicide and/or homicide. To begin to�…

Functional neuroimaging studies have shown that romantic love and maternal love are
mediated by regions specific to each, as well as overlapping regions in the brain's reward�…

Romantic and maternal love are highly rewarding experiences. Both are linked to the
perpetuation of the species and therefore have a closely linked biological function of crucial�…

Social interactions require fast and efficient person perception, which is best achieved
through the process of categorization. However, this process can produce pernicious�…

Early-stage romantic love can induce euphoria, is a cross-cultural phenomenon, and is
possibly a developed form of a mammalian drive to pursue preferred mates. It has an�…

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to identify brain activation to socially threatening
stimuli in social phobic subjects during different experimental conditions. METHODS: With�…