German students had their brains scanned while someone thwarted their opportunity to earn money. Blood flow to brain areas that
helped students understand their own emotions and make socially appropriate decisions was enhanced among students who:a. perceived the wrongdoer's act as unjustifiedb. ruminated inwardly about the reasons for their angerc. verbally expressed their feelings of angerd. forgave the wrongdoer
Our brains help us with regulation of many processes in our body, as well as emotion. Over time, our brains become better adapted to handle emotions, which is why you will see a baby cry because something has gone wrong, whereas an adult in a similar situation will not act similarly.
If the blood flow is increased to parts of the brain that enable the understanding of emotions and make socially appropriate decisions, then the person is more likely to remain composed in public, and might even understand others perspectives and views. Therefore the most probable answer would be that the student/s forgave the wrongdoer.
On February 28, 2017, the last bullet under the Key findings section on page 1 was revised to correct a typographical error. The year in the latter part of the sentence was changed from 1999 to 2010 as follows: In 2015, the percentage of drug overdose deaths involving heroin (25%) was triple the percentage in 2010 (8%).
