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Brain Waves

Entries by Paul Zak
August 13, 2003

Autism, Cooperation and EconomicsEmail This EntryPrint This Article

By Paul Zak Elisabeth Hill and David Sally of University College London have recently completed a very interesting paper using the neuroeconomic method (real social interactions with payoffs) examining cooperation and fairness in adults and children with autistic spectrum disorder...

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August 11, 2003

The Neurobiology of TrustEmail This EntryPrint This Article

By Paul Zak Trust pervades nearly every aspect of our daily lives, yet the neurobiological mechanisms that permit human beings to trust each are not understood.  In this research we find that when someone observes that another person trusts them,...

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