Science Behind Love and Prosperity

Published: May 15, 2012, 6 p.m.

Groundbreaking new studies by neuroeconomist Paul J. Zak show that the hormone oxytocin—a largely ignored molecule most often associated with childbirth—governs human morality. Zak's new book, THE MORAL MOLECULE: The Source of Love and Prosperity (Dutton, on sale 5/10/12) moves the debate regarding morality out of the realm of religion and philosophy and into the cutting-edge field of neuroscience, a discipline pioneered by Zak himself.