How did the heart become the symbol for love and affection when the brain is responsible for those emotions?

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How did the heart become the symbol for love and affection when the brain is responsible for those emotions?

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The heart shape was used to represent the heart-shaped fruit of the plant Silphium, a plant used as a contraceptive. Ancient Rome used the plant so much for contraception that it went extinct.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silphium

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