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Research examined the influence of forgiveness on memory.

There is both memory for the detail of an event and memory for emotions.

Forgiveness has its primary influence on the intensity of emotion elicited by an event.

The effects are similar for victims and perpetrators.

It is a fact of life that people do wrong to others. People may harm a person they know, or they may harm a stranger. Those harms take many forms, including physical, emotional, social, and financial wrongs. As part of this process, the victims of wrongdoing may also choose to forgive the perpetrator.

What exactly is the benefit of this forgiveness ?

This question has been the subject of much discussion in psychology, both to understand the underlying influences of forgiveness as well as to understand

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