Scientists discover the jealousy lobe

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By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 9:13 AM on 17th February 2009


It is a vice that few can avoid but that nobody craves.

Now the area of the brain which controls jealousy has been found, scientists have announced.

It is the same part which detects real physical pain – perhaps explaining why feeling envious of your lover's philandering ways hurts so much.

The spot which makes people delight in others' misfortune – called schadenfreude – was also located by the team.

'It's interesting the part of the brain which detects physical pain is also associated with mental pain,' said Hidehiko Takahashi, who led the research.

more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1147525/The-green-eyed-monster-lives-brain-Scientists-discover-jealousy-lobe.html

Home of the green-eyed monster: This part of the frontal lobe lights up when you are jealous

[Qutzupalotl]

1. Wish I'd discovered it first.

(just kidding)

Thanks for posting this. It's interesting.