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doi-org-6362		Oxytocin increases trust in humans | Nature			.html	text/html	1861	304	61	Oxytocin increases trust in humans | Nature View all Nature Research journals Trust is indispensable in friendship, love, families and organizations, and plays a key role in economic exchange and politics3. Here we show that intranasal administration of oxytocin, a neuropeptide that plays a key role in social attachment and affiliation in non-human mammals6,7,8, causes a substantial increase in trust among humans, thereby greatly increasing the benefits from social interactions. We also show that the effect of oxytocin on trust is not due to a general increase in the readiness to bear risks. These results concur with animal research suggesting an essential role for oxytocin as a biological basis of prosocial approach behaviour. Social support and oxytocin interact to suppress cortisol and subjective responses to psychosocial stress. University of Zurich, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, Blumlisalpstrasse 10, CH-8006, Zurich, Switzerland Markus Heinrichs or Ernst Fehr. Oxytocin increases trust in humans. Oxytocin increases trust in humans. Nature Research Academies	./cache/doi-org-6362.html	./txt/doi-org-6362.txt