The psychology of forgiveness

June 9, 2008 by gbrown 

From my reading list this week
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As an ex-student of Sussex University I was interested to hear about this research. Yes, it’s stating the obvious, but the commonly known is so often uncommonly practised.

Continuing the theme of travel as a great base for understanding world cultures, this research shows that the more contact with people that we have, the more we are open to reconcile with them

robiandali.jpgThe TED.com staff’s favorite psychology research blog, the BPS Research Digest, reports on a study on forgiveness from the University of Sussex and the New School for Social Research. The study examines how groups which have committed atrocious acts against one another come to break the cycle of resentment and forgive.

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