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·September 25, 2023·5 min read

Congress Tweets: Belief-Speak, Facts, and Trustworthiness Decoded

A new study delves into the tweet behavior of Congress members over the last decade. Both Republican and Democratic politicians have shown an uptick in sharing their convictions and beliefs along with evidence-backed information.

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·July 3, 2023·5 min read

Trusting Others Over Self: Infants’ Unusual Bias Towards Outside Observations

Infants tend to trust others' observations more than their own. Studying 8- and 12-month-old infants, the researchers found that younger infants prioritized an animated character's attention over their own in tracking an object's location.

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·June 14, 2023·5 min read

Learning Bias, Not Distrust: The Unseen Hurdle in Embracing AI Algorithms

Researchers shed new light on the phenomenon often referred to as 'algorithm aversion'. The study suggests that humans don't always mistrust machines, but instead may struggle to learn how to effectively use them due to a bias in their learning process. When humans do not follow an algorithm's recommendations, they miss out on opportunities to observe its accuracy, leading to an incomplete understanding of its decision-making capabilities.

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·May 12, 2023·5 min read

Psychedelic Users’ Trust Puzzle: Untangling Information Sources

In the midst of a Psychedelic Renaissance, researchers examined where people using psychedelics obtain their information. The study reveals users typically consult diverse sources outside mainstream health and medical systems, with their own experiences being the most common source. They found that users trust information from scientific journals, psychedelic non-profits, and university researchers the most, while government agencies and pharmaceutical companies are the least trusted. This study could inform policy and public health strategies to bridge the information trust gap and promote safe psychedelic use.

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·May 8, 2023·5 min read

AI’s Human-Like Features Impact Trust in Conversations

A new study delves into how advanced AI systems affect our trust in the individuals we interact with. Researchers report a strong design perspective is driving the development of AI with increasingly human-like features.

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·March 6, 2023·5 min read

Brains With Compromised Trust Settings a Warning Sign of Lurking Depression

Shrunken gray matter volume in brain areas associated with social cognition and a compromised ability to trust others is linked to depression vulnerability and could be used as a biomarker for the onset of depressive symptoms, a new study reports.

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·February 14, 2022·3 min read

AI Generated Faces Are More Trustworthy Than Real Faces Say Researchers Who Warn of “Deep Fakes”

People have trouble distinguishing between real people's faces and AI StyleGAN2 synthesized faces. People also consider AI-generated faces to be more trustworthy.

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·January 18, 2022·7 min read

“Hey, Alexa! Are You Trustworthy?”: The More Social Behaviors AI Assistants Exhibit, the More We Trust Them

People tend to think voice-user AI interfaces such as Siri or Alexa are more competent and emotionally engaging if they exhibit social cues.

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·September 25, 2021·5 min read

Lack of Trust Exacerbates Loneliness Spiral

Study reveals lonely people showed reduced activity in the anterior insular cortex, an area of the brain associated with trust formation. The anterior insular cortex was less prominently connected to other brain regions in those who expressed feelings of loneliness.

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·September 2, 2021·4 min read

Smiling Can Build Relationships Even After Someone Has Been Untrustworthy

When you've acted in an uncooperative or untrustworthy way, the way you smile could either help heal or hinder social relationships. Those whose smiles reflected reward, or a signal that they were happy, or a smile of dominance, which reflects a feeling of superiority, appeared to be untrustworthy and unlikely to change their deceptive nature. However, a smile of affiliation was perceived as an attempt to make amends, restoring levels of trust.

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·March 6, 2021·4 min read

Larger Pupils? You Might Just Have Gained Someone’s Trust

Autonomic mimicry in human social interactions is significant, a new study reports. Researchers found in computer facial simulations where the pupils were dilated, test subjects trusted the simulated face more and mimicked the pupillary response.

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·August 20, 2020·4 min read

Defiance and Low Trust in Medical Doctors Related to Vaccine Skepticism

Vaccine skeptics have lower trust in doctors and are more likely to use alternative medicine. Researchers say vaccine recommendations given by authorities or as a result of social pressure cause defiance in those who are anti-vaccine.