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Behold the formula to predicting trust: hand touch, face touch, arms crossed, lean away. The more often player A expressed this set of cues, the more selfishly they played in the economic game.

Psychologist David deSteno and his team use MIT’s latest humanoid robot to uncover the hidden signals of trust.

DeSteno has previously studied compassion and the fluidity of personality. 

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Whether or not we’re motivated into compassion is not determined by the severity of a disaster – it’s determined by whether or not we see ourselves in the victims.
Psychologist David DeSteno, director of Northeastern University’s Social Emotions Lab and author of the excellent Out of Character: Surprising Truths About the Liar, Cheat, Sinner (and Saint) Lurking in All of Us, at PopTech 2012.
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