4.2.10

Saying sorry: best through right ear

Have you ever had trouble to apologize to someone? Maybe there is something wrong with the way you apologize. According to the researchers, people are more accepting apologies when you say it through right ear.

Researchers from the University of Valencia, said that when we’re angry, right ear will be more responsive to the voice or the sounds than the left ear.

By saying sorry to the right ear, the possibility of such messages into the brain will be bigger and make it easier therefore apology accepted. Researchers concluded that after a hearing test to 30 participants who were angry.

To provoke emotions and anger participants, researchers gave participants some reading materials. Researchers then monitored heart rate, blood pressure and testosterone levels of participants. A sound then played on the right ear and left participants.

Based on the results of these studies, angry participants were more receptive to the message or the sounds from the right ear than the left ear. The result then makes researchers suggest the importance of asking forgiveness through the right ear.

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