ELi5 Where does feelings come from biologically?

Question

Is it just the chemicals in our brains? Like I’m pretty sure guts don’t have that system.

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Answer 1

yes, chemicals and electric signals in the brain, mostly in deeper sections (not on the cortex where the rational thinking lives).

There is some research that stomach has its own nervous system that can affect the brain, but it is very slow and general: the suggestion is that unhealthy stomach can make you feel depressed, not make you do a specific action.