To trust or not to trust: A psychoneurobiological framework

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English - October 05, 2022 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7 MB
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A trusting society is open, inclusive, and promotes both social and personal well-being. Understanding the interpersonal trust between any members of society, be it a belief, intention or behaviour, is of crucial importance to fields ranging from psychology and neuroscience to economics.

Prof Frank Krueger of George Mason University brings together economic exchange games, psychological systems and neuroscience mechanisms (e.g. brain circuits, hormones, genes) to build a ‘psychoneurobiological’ model of trust.

Read his original article: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.00305

Read more about the Social Cognition and Interaction: Functional Imaging (SCI:FI) Lab here.