Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

Day: November 1, 2011

  • TED Talk: Trust, morality – and oxytocin

    I heard about “eight hugs a day” months ago. I have brought it up in conversation a dozen times since. Glad the video is finally out. Where does morality come from — physically, in the brain? In this talk neuroeconomist Paul Zak shows why he believes oxytocin (he calls it “the moral molecule”) is responsible…