Science Bulletins: Mapping Emotions in the Body

Feelings are often associated with physical reactions: terror can send chills down your spine, and love can leave you weak in the knees. A recent study has linked specific emotions to physical sensations. Researchers tested emotional responses in hundreds of subjects and then created maps identifying locations in the body where emotions cause physical changes.

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RELATED LINKS

PNAS: Bodily maps of emotions
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/201...

Turku PET Centre
http://www.turkupetcentre.fi/index.php

University of Tampere: Human Information Processing Laboratory
http://www.uta.fi/yky/en/research/hip...

AMNH: Your Emotional Brain
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/past-...

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