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Oxytocin Shapes the Neural Circuitry of Trust and Trust Adaptation in Humans

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Baumgartner, Thomas, Heinrichs, Markus, Vonlanthen, Aline, Fischbacher, Urs, Fehr, Ernst·2008·Neuron

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Trust and betrayal of trust are ubiquitous in human societies. Recent behavioral evidence shows that the neuropeptide oxytocin increases trust among humans, thus offering a unique chance of gaining a deeper understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying trust and the adaptation to breach of trust. We examined the neural circuitry of trusting behavior by combining the intranasal, double-blind, administration of oxytocin with fMRI. We find that subjects in the oxytocin group show no change in their trusting behavior after they learned that their trust had been breached several times while subjects receiving placebo decrease their trust. This difference in trust adaptation is associated with a specific reduction in activation in the amygdala, the midbrain regions, and the dorsal striatum in subjects receiving oxytocin, suggesting that neural systems mediating fear processing (amygdala and midbrain regions) and behavioral adaptations to feedback information (dorsal striatum) modulate oxytocin's effect on trust. These findings may help to develop deeper insights into mental disorders such as social phobia and autism, which are characterized by persistent fear or avoidance of social interactions.

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Authors
Baumgartner, T., Heinrichs, M., Vonlanthen, A., Fischbacher, U., & Fehr, E.
Affiliations
University of Zurich (CH)
Corresponding author
Fehr, Ernst
Venue
Neuron
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-05
Volume
58
Issue
4
Pages
639-650
ISSN
0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2102027817
Cited by
1,258
References
77
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112.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Funders
  • Universität Zürich (PP001-114788)
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Sensory Systems › Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
Keywords
oxytocin, trust, betrayal of trust, amygdala, midbrain, dorsal striatum, fear processing, social cognition, social anxiety disorder, autism spectrum disorder
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Analysis of Variance, Brain, Brain Mapping, Double-Blind Method, Games, Experimental, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Nerve Net, Oxygen, Oxytocin, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Reaction Time, Risk-Taking, Trust

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