Carlos Makoto Miyauchi, Hikaru Takeuchi, Yasuyuki Taki, Seishu Nakagawa, Sugiko Hanawa, Atsushi Sekiguchi, Rui Nouchi, Yuko Sassa, Ryuta Kawashima
Shame and guilt are distinct negative moral emotions, although they are usually regarded as overlapping affective experiences. Of these two emotions, shame is more closely related to concerns about other people's judgment, whereas guilt is more related to concerns about one's own judgment. Although some studies have tried to identify the psychological process underlying shame as opposed to guilt, there is no clear evidence of brain regions that are specifically relevant to the experience of shame rather than guilt and, more generally, self-blame...
February 14, 2022: Social Neuroscience