Neural correlates of receiving an apology and active forgiveness: an FMRI study.

Interpersonal conflicts are a common element of many social relationships. One possible process in rebuilding social relationships is the act of apologizing. Behavioral studies have shown that apologies promote forgiveness. However, the neural bases of receiving an apology and forgiveness are still...

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Autores principales:	Sabrina Strang, Verena Utikal, Urs Fischbacher, Bernd Weber, Armin Falk
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e3dbbc13cd5d4b3c843de00347602c562021-11-18T08:33:44ZNeural correlates of receiving an apology and active forgiveness: an FMRI study.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0087654https://doaj.org/article/e3dbbc13cd5d4b3c843de00347602c562014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24505303/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Interpersonal conflicts are a common element of many social relationships. One possible process in rebuilding social relationships is the act of apologizing. Behavioral studies have shown that apologies promote forgiveness. However, the neural bases of receiving an apology and forgiveness are still unknown. Hence, the aim of the present fMRI study was to investigate brain processes involved in receiving an apology and active forgiveness of an ambiguous offense. We asked one group of participants (player A) to make decisions, which were either positive or negative for another group of participants (player B). The intention of player A was ambiguous to player B. In case of a negative impact, participants in the role of player A could send an apology message to participants in the role of player B. Subsequently players B were asked whether they wanted to forgive player A for making a decision with negative consequences. We found that receiving an apology yielded activation in the left inferior frontal gyrus, the left middle temporal gyrus, and left angular gyrus. In line with previous research we found that forgiving judgments activated the right angular gyrus.Sabrina StrangVerena UtikalUrs FischbacherBernd WeberArmin FalkPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 2, p e87654 (2014)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Sabrina Strang Verena Utikal Urs Fischbacher Bernd Weber Armin Falk Neural correlates of receiving an apology and active forgiveness: an FMRI study.
description	Interpersonal conflicts are a common element of many social relationships. One possible process in rebuilding social relationships is the act of apologizing. Behavioral studies have shown that apologies promote forgiveness. However, the neural bases of receiving an apology and forgiveness are still unknown. Hence, the aim of the present fMRI study was to investigate brain processes involved in receiving an apology and active forgiveness of an ambiguous offense. We asked one group of participants (player A) to make decisions, which were either positive or negative for another group of participants (player B). The intention of player A was ambiguous to player B. In case of a negative impact, participants in the role of player A could send an apology message to participants in the role of player B. Subsequently players B were asked whether they wanted to forgive player A for making a decision with negative consequences. We found that receiving an apology yielded activation in the left inferior frontal gyrus, the left middle temporal gyrus, and left angular gyrus. In line with previous research we found that forgiving judgments activated the right angular gyrus.
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title	Neural correlates of receiving an apology and active forgiveness: an FMRI study.
title_short	Neural correlates of receiving an apology and active forgiveness: an FMRI study.
title_full	Neural correlates of receiving an apology and active forgiveness: an FMRI study.
title_fullStr	Neural correlates of receiving an apology and active forgiveness: an FMRI study.
title_full_unstemmed	Neural correlates of receiving an apology and active forgiveness: an FMRI study.
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Neural correlates of receiving an apology and active forgiveness: an FMRI study.

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