The Neurobiology of Trust

Frank Krueger is Professor of Systems Social Neuroscience in the School of Systems Biology at George Mason University, USA. As a psychologist, physicist, and neuroscientist, he has authored or co-authored, approximately 170 publications in scientific journals and has been cited as an expert in the national news media and television such as The New York Times, New Scientist, The Economist, and PBS News Hour.

• Preface; I. Fundamental Level of Trust; 1. Trust and psychology: Psychological theories and principles underlying interpersonal trust Jeffry A. Simpson and Grace Vieth; 2. Trust and behavioral economics: Exploration of trust based on game theory Devdeepta Bose and Colin Camerer; 3. Trust and digitalization: Review of behavioral and neuroscience evidence René Riedl; 4. Trust and human factors: Foundations of trust in automation Tracy L. Sanders, Alexandra D. Kaplan, Keith MacArthur, William G. Volante, and Peter A. Hancock; II. Neuropsychological Level of Trust; 5. Trust and risk: Neuroeconomic foundations of trust based on social risk Nina Lauharatanahirun and Jason A. Aimone; 6. Trust and emotion: The effects of incidental and integral affect Federica Farolfi, Li-Ang Chang, and Jan B. Engelmann; 7. Trust and reputation: How knowledge about others shapes our decisions Emily G. Brudner, Alec J. Karousatos, Dominic S. Fareri, and Mauricio R. Delgado; 8. Trust and learning: Neurocomputational signatures of learning to trust Gabriele Bellucci and Jean-Claude Dreher; III. Neurocharacteristic Level of Trust; 9. Trust and distrust: Key similarities and differences Brian W. Haas; 10. Trust and reciprocity: The role of outcome-based and belief-based motivations Flora Li, Pearl H. Chiu, and Brooks King-Casas; 11. Trust and demographics: Age and gender differences in trust and reciprocity behavior Hester Sijtsma and Lydia Krabbendam; 12. Trust and brain dynamics: Insights from task-based and task-free neuroimaging investigations Yan Wu and Frank Krueger; IV. Neuromolecular Level of Trust; 13. Trust and oxytocin: Context-dependent exogenous and endogenous modulation of trust Zhimin Yan and Peter Kirsch; 14. Trust and psychopharmaca: Neuromodulation of the signaling pathways underlying trust behavior Mary R. Lee, Apoorva Veerareddy, and Frank Krueger; 15. Trust and genetics: Genetic basis of trust behavior and trust attitude Qiulu Shou, Kuniyuki Nishina, and Haruto Takagishi; V. Neuropathological Level of Trust; 16. Trust and psychotic disorders: Unraveling the dynamics of paranoia and disturbed social interaction Imke L.J. Lemmers-Jansen and Anne-Kathrin J. Fett; 17. Trust and personality disorders: Phenomenology, determinants, and therapeutical approaches Stefanie Lis, Miriam Biermann, and Zsolt Unoka; 18. Trust and lesion evidence: Lessons from neuropsychology on the neuroanatomical correlates of trust Hannah E. Wadsworth and Daniel Tranel; Index.

'This multidisciplinary volume of essays is based on cutting-edge research on the neurobiological underpinnings of trust. It highlights important findings as well as new and promising avenues for future research and makes an important contribution to the trust literature.' Alexandra Mislin, American University, USA