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The Case of the Elusive Heart- Part One

The Case of the Elusive Heart- Part One

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The heart beats over 100,000 times a day, pumping blood through roughly 60,000 miles of vessels. When we fall in love, feel grief, or experience joy, we don't say, "My brain aches" or "My amygdala swells", we say my heart breaks, soars, fills, or shatters.

How is it that these three-pound mechanical muscles control our emotional language?

Join me for a little science and a little fiction in this three-part series--The Matters of the Heart.

Were the ancient physicians and philosophers ahead of their time, sensing something that research is now confirming: the heart thinks, feels, and remembers. It's not just a metaphor; it's biology becoming poetry.

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