Brain Structural Bases of Tendency to Forgive: evidence from a young adults sample using voxel-based morphometry

Abstract Tendency to forgive refers to one’s global dispositional level of forgiveness across situations and relationships. Brain imaging studies examined activation patterns underlying forgiving response, yet focal differences in brain structures related to tendency to forgive have never been inves...

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Autores principales:	Haijiang Li, Qunlin Chen, Jiamei Lu, Jiang Qiu
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:60bccf6a8a634c17b235bf40a209ec832021-12-02T15:05:16ZBrain Structural Bases of Tendency to Forgive: evidence from a young adults sample using voxel-based morphometry10.1038/s41598-017-16868-32045-2322https://doaj.org/article/60bccf6a8a634c17b235bf40a209ec832017-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-16868-3https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Tendency to forgive refers to one’s global dispositional level of forgiveness across situations and relationships. Brain imaging studies examined activation patterns underlying forgiving response, yet focal differences in brain structures related to tendency to forgive have never been investigated. In this study, voxel-based morphometry was used to investigate relations between gray matter/white matter volume (GMV/WMV) and individual differences in tendency to forgive in a large young sample. Participants were 199 young students (60 men) who completed the tendency to forgive scale (TTF) and underwent an anatomical magnetic resonance imaging scan. Results showed that higher TTF scores were associated with larger GMV in the regions of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and smaller GMV in the regions of the right insular cortex and inferior frontal gyrus (IFG). Moreover, higher TTF scores were also related to smaller WMV in the regions of the left IFG. Together, these findings suggest structural variations for individual differences in the tendency to forgive, distributed across different brain regions associated with empathic response and cognitive control.Haijiang LiQunlin ChenJiamei LuJiang QiuNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2017)
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description	Abstract Tendency to forgive refers to one’s global dispositional level of forgiveness across situations and relationships. Brain imaging studies examined activation patterns underlying forgiving response, yet focal differences in brain structures related to tendency to forgive have never been investigated. In this study, voxel-based morphometry was used to investigate relations between gray matter/white matter volume (GMV/WMV) and individual differences in tendency to forgive in a large young sample. Participants were 199 young students (60 men) who completed the tendency to forgive scale (TTF) and underwent an anatomical magnetic resonance imaging scan. Results showed that higher TTF scores were associated with larger GMV in the regions of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and smaller GMV in the regions of the right insular cortex and inferior frontal gyrus (IFG). Moreover, higher TTF scores were also related to smaller WMV in the regions of the left IFG. Together, these findings suggest structural variations for individual differences in the tendency to forgive, distributed across different brain regions associated with empathic response and cognitive control.
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title	Brain Structural Bases of Tendency to Forgive: evidence from a young adults sample using voxel-based morphometry
title_short	Brain Structural Bases of Tendency to Forgive: evidence from a young adults sample using voxel-based morphometry
title_full	Brain Structural Bases of Tendency to Forgive: evidence from a young adults sample using voxel-based morphometry
title_fullStr	Brain Structural Bases of Tendency to Forgive: evidence from a young adults sample using voxel-based morphometry
title_full_unstemmed	Brain Structural Bases of Tendency to Forgive: evidence from a young adults sample using voxel-based morphometry
title_sort	brain structural bases of tendency to forgive: evidence from a young adults sample using voxel-based morphometry
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2017
url	https://doaj.org/article/60bccf6a8a634c17b235bf40a209ec83
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Brain Structural Bases of Tendency to Forgive: evidence from a young adults sample using voxel-based morphometry

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