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  1. Trustworthiness

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    Biological Correlates and Sub-Cortical Processing
    Research into the neurological substrates of trust identification suggests that while executive function processes evaluate stated evidence, the initial acceptance of trustworthiness relies heavily on rapid, sub-cortical evaluations related to autonomic nervous system discharge. The human tendency to assign trustworthiness prior to full cognitive integration is theorized to be an evolutionary heuristic designed to expedite necessary …