When all decisions/emotions/attractions/thoughts etc. originate form the brain, why do people use “heart” in such contexts?
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Because your heart responds to your emotional state. It may beat faster or slower or feel like it’s caving in and being sucked into a hole or beat so hard it feels like it’ll burst.
So it basically responds very visibly to emotion so it makes sense to use it metaphorically that way. Also it’s worth noting that such expressions came about many years ago when people did not have the understanding of the human body we have today.
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