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| Title |
The tendency to trust is reflected in human brain structure
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| Published in |
NeuroImage, December 2014
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.11.060 |
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| Authors |
Brian W. Haas, Alexandra Ishak, Ian W. Anderson, Megan M. Filkowski |
| Abstract |
Trust is an important component of human social life. Within the brain, the function within a neural network implicated in interpersonal and social-cognitive processing is associated with the way trust-based decisions are made. However, it is currently unknown how localized structure within the healthy human brain is associated with the tendency to trust other people. This study was designed to test the prediction that individual differences in the tendency to trust are associated with regional gray matter volume within the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC), amygdala and anterior insula. Behavioral and neuroimaging data were collected from a sample of 82 healthy participants. Individual differences in the tendency to trust were measured in two ways (self-report and behaviorally: trustworthiness evaluation of faces task). Voxel based morphometry analyses of high-resolution structural images (VBM8-DARTEL) were conducted to test for the association between the tendency to trust and regional gray matter volume. The results provide converging evidence that individuals characterized as trusting others more exhibit increased gray matter volume within the bilateral vmPFC and bilateral anterior insula. Greater right amygdala volume is associated with the tendency to rate faces as more trustworthy and distrustworthy (U-shaped function). A whole brain analysis also shows that the tendency to trust is reflected in the structure of dorsomedial prefrontal cortex. These findings advance neural models that associate the structure and function of the human brain with social decision-making and the tendency trust other people. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 39 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 23% |
| Spain | 4 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 8% |
| Egypt | 2 | 5% |
| Chile | 1 | 3% |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Sweden | 1 | 3% |
| Norway | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 5% |
| Unknown | 14 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 26 | 67% |
| Scientists | 10 | 26% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 5% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 126 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 37 | 29% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 12% |
| Researcher | 15 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 5% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 28 | 22% |
| Unknown | 19 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 58 | 45% |
| Neuroscience | 22 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 4% |
| Engineering | 4 | 3% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 8 | 6% |
| Unknown | 29 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
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#73
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#2,439
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