Trust us, sniff this hormone

Trust us, sniff this hormone, study says

LOS ANGELES TIMES

June 2, 2005

The essence of trust - a catalyst of all friendship, trade and democracy - is a neurochemical that can be distilled in a nasal spray and used to ease the natural suspicion of strangers, researchers report.

The discovery is the first direct evidence that a hormone called oxytocin promotes trust between human beings, the scientists said.

The researchers found that the volunteers who took oxytocin were twice as likely to risk all their money with a stranger.


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