How does the brain prevent us from revenge?

Fortunately, every time we crave revenge, the brain will immediately turn on the mechanism to prevent us from acting.

In fact, thinking about retaliation, revenge is always very normal and easy to understand. Someone makes us uncomfortable, we will be angry and want to retaliate. But we don't always show it by action.

Fortunately, with the brain, we think of revenge but don't turn those thoughts into action.(PHOTO IMAGE: SHUTTERSTOCK).

Explaining this, Swiss scientists first show how we suppress revenge thoughts through the deepest expression in the brain , according to NZHerald.

To do so, the team developed a game in which research participants faced a player's fair behavior and unfair play by other players.

During the process, the team of scientists observed brain images of participants to see which brain areas were activated when they experienced injustice and became angry.

Next, the researchers gave participants the opportunity to take revenge. Unexpectedly, then, a part of the brain was quickly 'turned on' , to prevent that action.

Specifically, the scientists found that the more active the frontal cortex (Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex) cortex was during the provocation, the less revenge the participants had, according to NZHerald.

This breakthrough opens up questions and directions for future research to explain if stimulating this brain region can prevent people from fighting, aggressively when stimulated or not.