Does the heart actually control any emotion at all?

zh1322

No, the heart is merely a hollow, pumplike organ. But I guess if your physical state (i.e. pain, health, etc.) controls your mood, then the heart may have an indirect role in your emotions. Mar 10 07, 10:31 AM

skysmom65

Function of the Heart The heart's only function is to pump blood. The right side of the heart pumps blood to the lungs, where oxygen is added to the blood and carbon dioxide is removed from it. The left side pumps blood to the rest of the body, where oxygen and nutrients are delivered to tissues and waste products (such as carbon dioxide) are transferred to the blood for removal by other organs (such as the lungs and kidneys). MORE: http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec03/ch020/ch020b.html Mar 10 07, 10:33 AM

X-naut

No, actually it only sends blood through your body, however it can control death. Mar 10 07, 11:09 AM

EternalDreamer

Referring to the "heart" actually has two meanings. There is the blood-pumping organ and there is the more existential meaning of the "center" of our being. The heart of something is the very core of what it means to be whatever it happens to be. Such as "we need to get to the heart of the matter". In this sense, its in our "heart" that we feel all emotion. Mar 10 07, 12:23 PM

star_gazer

Also when a person is feeling certain emotions, like falling in love with another person, they naturally get excited. That excitement causes their blood to rush and their heart to beat faster. Thus the romance of love is so often associated with the heart. Mar 10 07, 4:01 PM

SealofCurse

The heart is a pear shaped, muscular organ in vertebrates, responsible for pumping blood through the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions, or a similar structure in annelids, mollusks, and arthropods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart Mar 10 07, 5:29 PM