Judging strangers’ trustworthiness is associated with theory of mind skills

Trusting people requires evaluating them to assess their trustworthiness. Evaluating a stranger’s intentions is likely to be one method of assessing trustworthiness. The present study tested the hypothesis that judgments of trustworthiness are associated with mindreading skills, also called theory o...

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Main Authors: Marie ePrevost, Mathieu eBrodeur, Kristine eOnishi, Martin eLepage, Ian eGold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00052/full