02-24-2009
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.
Home of the green-eyed monster: This part of the frontal lobe lights up when you are jealous
Home of the green-eyed monster: This part of the frontal lobe lights up when you are jealous
'Assessing these feelings of jealousy will possibly be helpful in mental care such as counselling.'
'Envy is corrosive and ugly, and it can ruin your life,' Richard Smith, a professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky told the New York Times.
'If you’re an envious person, you have a hard time appreciating a lot of the good things that are out there, because you’re too busy worrying about how they reflect on the self.'
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