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ui-adsabs-harvard-edu-1011		Oxytocin increases trust in humans - NASA/ADS			.html	text/html	306	43	56	Oxytocin increases trust in humans NASA/ADS Citations Export Citation NASA/ADS Oxytocin increases trust in humans Trust is indispensable in friendship, love, families and organizations, and plays a key role in economic exchange and politics. In the absence of trust in a country's institutions and leaders, political legitimacy breaks down. Much recent evidence indicates that trust contributes to economic, political and social success. Little is known, however, about the biological basis of trust among humans. Here we show that intranasal administration of oxytocin, a neuropeptide that plays a key role in social attachment and affiliation in non-human mammals, 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. The ADS is operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory under NASA Cooperative ADS Help Careers@ADS ADS Blog Switch to full ADS Smithsonian Institution	./cache/ui-adsabs-harvard-edu-1011.html	./txt/ui-adsabs-harvard-edu-1011.txt