On the Origin of Shame: Does Shame Emerge From an Evolved Disease-Avoidance Architecture?

Front Behav Neurosci · 2020 · PMC7040959 · PMID 32132907

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The negative affect was not significantly correlated with shame ( r s = 0.06 and 0.14), but the correlations were in the anticipated directions and some were approaching significance.

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