Endocrinology - Testos & trust
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What is the effect of testosterone on trust?
How to measure trust?
- "how trustworthy do you rate this (wo)man?" with scale
Findings of the facial trustworthiness task.
- Testos decreased trust of participants
HOWEVER:
- testos also protects against naivety
- has an adaptive function
- has effect on interpersonal trust
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How is the OFC involved in evaluation of trustworthiness?
- Testos decreased connectivity between amygdala & OFC during judgement of unfamiliar faces
- testos increased amygdala responses specifically to faces rated most untrustworthy
What is a neurobiological explanation for these findings about trustworthiness?
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