* Because of this, neuroscientists have worked hard to investigate the neurobiology of hate. A few years ago they announced that they’d pinpointed the specific areas of our brains responsible for the venomous emotion. These areas included the middle frontal gyrus, the right putamen, the premotor cortex, and the frontal pole. We tell you this mostly because we wanted a reason to write “middle frontal gyrus” and “right putamen,” but also because we find it amusing to point out that some of these areas of the brain—the putamen, for example—had previously been pinpointed by neuroscientists as the specific areas of our brains responsible for the feeling of love. Which either goes to show that love and hate are indeed closely related or shows nothing at all. Luckily, we have literature as a backup to science.