To trust or not to trust: A psychoneurobiological framework

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

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