Research suggests that Americans have become less trusting over the past few decades. That’s a problem: Trust has numerous benefits for individuals and societies, such as healthier relationships, ...

If a distressed stranger knocked on your door asking to use your phone, would you oblige? How about lending them a fiver for the bus, if they assured you they’d return and pay you back? In today’s ...

Trusting in others, in institutions and even in oneself can be scary. Trusting necessarily involves opening ourselves up to being vulnerable and possibly tricked. However, it is better to trust than ...

We are often advised to go with our gut and trust our intuition, especially in our relationships. This advice permeates our decision-making processes, influencing how we choose romantic partners, ...

When you don't trust, and you keep yourself at a distance, you create problems in your relationship. The same is true when you're too trusting in your relationship. Being too trusting opens you up to ...

We all know that trust is a key ingredient towards developing success in business, yet so often, leaders don’t solidify the relationships needed with employees or peers. So, what does it take to get ...

Phoebe Bailey receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Populations around the world are ageing rapidly. Almost one in four people will be aged 60 or more by 2050. This growing cohort of ...

Figure 1: The trust game. Figure 2: Transfers in the trust and the risk experiment. In the trust game, the risk on the part of the investor's is due to the uncertainty of the trustee's behaviour—that ...