We invited residents of a virtual world who vary in real-world age and occupation to play a trust game with stakes … suggestive text was added to the instructions, or both a photo and text were added. We find high levels of trust and reciprocity … photographic and textual cues influenced the level of trust but not that of trustworthiness. …

We use the trust and the dictator games to explore the effects of religious identity on trust, trustworthiness … actions, for Hindu and Muslim subjects. Priming has little effect on Hindu subjects but it enhances religious polarization in … underlying assumptions on beliefs, and their dependence on priming and identity are confirmed by the data, identifying a precise …

We use the trust and the dictator games to explore the effects of religious identity on trust, trustworthiness … actions, for Hindu and Muslim subjects. Priming has little effect on Hindu subjects but it enhances religious polarization in … underlying assumptions on beliefs, and their dependence on priming and identity are confirmed by the data, identifying a precise …

play a trust game involving an anonymous stranger. We compare the behavior of these individuals with that of a group who … are not primed to think about anything in particular. Priming for market participation affects positively the beliefs … about the trustworthiness of anonymous strangers, increasing trust. …