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If you lead a team, you must read this Harvard Business Review article from our colleague Dr. Paul Zak on the power of Oxytocin, Trust, and Organizational outcomes.
https://hbr.org/2017/01/the-neuroscience-of-trust
A must-read for educators, this foundational research may change how you think about the learning experience.
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P.J. Zak, R. Kurzban, and W.T. Matzner, “The Neurobiology of Trust,” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1032(2004): 224-227.
P.J. Zak, R. Kurzban, and W.T. Matzner, “Oxytocin is Associated with Human Trustworthiness,” Hormones and Behavior 48( 2005 ): 522-527.
V. B. Morhenn, J. W. Park, E. Piper, and P.J. Zak, “Monetary Sacrifice Among Strangers is Mediated by Endogenous Oxytocin Release after Physical Contact. Evolution and Human Behavior 29(2008): 375–383.
C.S. Carter, and E.B. Keverne, “The Neurobiology of Social Affiliation and Pair Bonding,” in Hormones, Brain and Behavior, ed. Donald Pfaff, (San Diego: Academic Press, 2002): 299–337.
C. T. Wotjak, J. Ganster, G. Kohl, F. Holsboer, R. Landgraf, and M.Engelmann, “Dissociated Central and Peripheral Release of Vasopressin, but not Oxytocin, in Response to Repeated Swim Stress: New Insights into the Secretory Capacities of Peptidergic Neurons,” Neuroscience 85 (1998): 1209–1222 doi: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00683-0.
I. D. Neumann, “Brain Oxytocin: A Key Regulator of Emotional and Social Behaviours in Both Females and Males,” Journal of Neuroendocrinology 20(2008): 858–865 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.01726.x.
P.J. Zak, “The Moral Molecule: The Source of Love and Prosperity,” (New York: Dutton, 2012).
Zak, P. J., Stanton, A. A. & Ahmadi, S. 2007. Oxytocin increases generosity in humans. Public Library of Science ONE, 2(11).
M. Kosfeld, M. Heinrichs, P. J. Zak, U.Fischbacher, and E. Fehr, “ Oxytocin Increases Trust in Humans,” Nature 435:2( 2005 ): 673-676.
P.J. Zak, and J.A. Barraza, “The Neurobiology of Collective Action,” Frontiers in Neuroscience. 7(2013): 211 doi: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00211 .
J. A. Barraza, and P. J. Zak, “Empathy Toward Strangers Triggers Oxytocin Release and Subsequent Generosity.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1167(2009): 182-189.
P-Y. Lin, N.S. Grewal, C. Morin, W.D. Johnson, and P.J. Zak, “ Oxytocin Increases the Influence of Public Service Advertisements,” PLoS ONE 8:2(2013) doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056934 .
J.A. Barraza, V. Alexander, L.E. Beavin, E.T. Terris, E.T., and P.J. Zak, “The Heart of the Story: Peripheral Physiology During Narrative Exposure Predicts Charitable Giving,” Biological Psychology (2015): in press.
R.J. Gerrig, “ Experiencing Narrative Worlds: On the Psychological Activities of Reading,” (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993).
D.Kahneman, and R.H. Thaler, “Anomalies: Utility Maximization and Experienced Utility,” Journal of Economic Perspectives20:1(2006):221–234.
B.K. Bracken, V. Alexander, P.J. Zak, V. Romero, and J.A. Barraza, “Physiological Synchronization is Associated with Narrative Emotionality and Subsequent Behavioral Response,” in Foundations of Augmented Cognition. Advancing Human Performance and Decision-Making through Adaptive Systems: 8th International Conference, , eds., D.D. Schmorrow and C.M. Fidopiastis (Berlin: Springer, 2014) 3–13.
S. Gimbel, J. Kaplan, M. Immordino-Yang, Tipper, C. A. Gordon, M. Dehghani, S. Sagae, H. Damasio, A. Damasio, “Neural Response to Narratives Framed with Sacred Values,” Abstract, Annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, (San Diego, 2013).