A new nuclear magnetic resonance study conducted at the University of Warwick reveals that in people with depression, the so-called "hate circuit" is disconnected from the rest of the brain in 92% of cases . However, "there is no indication that depressed individuals are less likely to express feelings of hatred," as Jianfeng Feng, co-author of the work, says.
A possible interpretation of the results, which are published in the latest issue of the journal Molecular Psychiatry , is that the "isolation" of the brain circuit of hatred is related to a lower ability to control and learn from certain social situations that provoke feelings hatred towards oneself or towards others. Feng suspects that he may show an increased likelihood of feeling self-loathing and showing withdrawal in social relationships.
