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Our Hearts Know the Future, says Study, so how to Know the Heart?
Science Can Only Take Us So Far
Our hearts can perceive our emotional future up to 6 seconds ahead of our brains, say scientists at the Heartmath Institute in a ground-breaking study.
But are we listening?
I recently wrote an article about these new findings, and interest arose in how to broaden the link between our state-of-mind and state-of-heart…
But first, a recap of how scientists figured out our hearts are like emotional fortune tellers…
Volunteers were shown two sets of images, one set was “neutral” like images of fruit or a landscape, and the other set was emotionally charged — from sexy to scary.
A computer randomly showed pictures as the volunteers’ heart rate, brain waves and other nervous system activity were recorded.
As expected, people’s hearts reacted emotionally to the images that were either erotic or horrific. But what shocked scientists is that everyone’s hearts were reacting seconds before they saw the picture!
“Follow your heart, listen to your inner voice, stop caring about what others think.” ― Roy T. Bennett
