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Effects of Cognitive Load on Trusting Behavior – An Experiment Using the Trust Game

Author(s) -

Katarzyna Samson,

Patrycjusz Kostyszyn

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

plos one

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99

H-Index - 332

ISSN - 1932-6203

DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0127680

Subject(s) - cognitive load , pace , memorization , cognition , dictator game , task (project management) , active listening , control (management) , cognitive psychology , psychology , social psychology , computer science , economics , artificial intelligence , communication , management , geodesy , neuroscience , geography

Last decades have witnessed a progressing decline of social trust, which has been predominantly linked to worsening economic conditions and increasing social inequality. In the present research we propose a different type of explanation for the observed decline – cognitive load related to technological development and the accelerating pace of modern life. In an experimental study participants played the trust game while performing one of two different secondary tasks – listening to a disturbing noise or memorizing a sequence of characters – or with no additional task in the control condition. Results show that in both cognitive load conditions participants expressed significantly less trust in the trust game than in case of no cognitive load. Additionally, when cognitive resources were limited, participants’ behavior was more impulsive than when their resources were fully available.

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