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Asked to recall a betrayal, people who had forgiven showed calmer hearts and lower blood pressure than those who had not. The body keeps its own account of mercy.

Kathleen Lawler and colleagues, 2003 · cardiovascular study of forgiveness during conflict recall

Lawler, Younger, Piferi, Billington, Jobe and others, A change of heart: Cardiovascular correlates of forgiveness in response to interpersonal conflict, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 26(5), 373-393, 2003

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Kathleen Lawler and colleagues: Asked to recall a betrayal, people who had forgiven showed calmer hearts and lower blood pressure than those who had not. The body keeps its own account of mercy.