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Science is finally proving that the act of apologizing can save and strengthen a relationship that’s been damaged by conflict. Dr. Amrisha Vaish, associate professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, is on the frontlines of this new line of study.

What Vaish’s experiments demonstrate is that humans, from a very young age, understand the need to repair broken social ties. They recognize that when someone is at fault, it’s that person’s responsibility to show remorse and attempt to make amends.

Vaish also found that the desire to forgive people who acknowledge their wrongs transcends the boundaries of group identity. What can we learn from this basic human truth?

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