When our heart breaks, is it physiologically breaking? Does our sixth sense have a role in the language of this action? The answers are yes.

In this episode, I will briefly cover the science of the heart and offer a glimpse into a topic that current scientific frameworks can't explain but that profoundly affects both heart and brain physiology.

The million-dollar question: What comes first? The heart or the brain?

Rigorous science gives way to profound mystery. The 'knowings', the inexplicable moments that millions of people experience. These are not dismissible. They're too consistent, too widespread, too deeply woven into human experiences across all cultures and time.

Part two of our story will find Dr. George Harris and Dr. Regina Abbott moving forward with the release of their data.

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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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Counterfactual logic and reasoning. What exactly is this? Simply put, it is the brain's way of sorting out what-if scenarios.

Understanding how our brain works might not provide the answers we seek. Sure, the scans, research, and solid scientific data support the brain's physiology, guiding us in specific directions. Does our brain truly work that fast, or is it something else entirely?

Perhaps it's more about that uncanny gut feeling that seems to be there, the one that feels right despite our actions to do otherwise?

Listen to the science, then the tale.

You be the judge.

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