This commentary explores the social transmission of food preference (STFP) in rodents as a potential model for understanding human epistemic trust. The author argues that the neurobiological mechanisms and behavioral observations in STFP studies, particularly involving oxytocin, may have implications for how humans evaluate and trust information from others, but acknowledges further research is needed to confirm the generalizability to humans.

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This is a commentary that proposes an interesting hypothesis but is based mainly on animal studies with limited direct evidence for the claims about human trust. The methodology of the reviewed studies is generally sound, but the overall rating is limited by the generalizability concerns.