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Published online 13 March 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030310-8

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Students prove trust begets trust

We reward those who have faith in us and punish those who don't .

Get one student to give another money to invest on their behalf and you're bound to uncover something fundamental about human behaviour.

Behavioural scientist Ernst Fehr did.

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