does the heart have a mind of it's own?
928474
It absolutely does. My heart is the boss, and there is just no arguing with it. Sometimes, it hurts me. :-(
429801
the heart generates its own electrical impulses to stimulate the heart to beat . It is the SA node in the atria and the AV node in the ventricles. \n\nWhen patients have been diagnosed as brain dead - and on a ventilator ( a breathing machine )  - their heart is still beating - because the heart has its own built-in battery pack, so to speak .
308542
to have head dominate the heart.
572315
I think many people do feel that their heart is an indicator of emotions like joy, fear, love, anticipation, gloom, etc. And certainly medicine has found a correlation between long-term stress and heart condition. How the heart detects these conditions, what form its responses take (rate, volume, pressure?), and how we perceive those responses sound like interesting fields of inquiry which some biologists are investigating. See the refs.
825565
The ancients considered the heart the center of both emotion and intelligence. The connection between the heart and emotions is derived from that early false belief. Incidentally, that belief left them with the problem of what the purpose of the brain might be. A common theory was that the brain was a cooling mechanism for the blood.
1178226
Fish brains don't have much of a prefrontal cortex. It would be hard for the them to "think" as we know it. Much less think about something long enough to develop self-awareness.
693388
depends on the way you look at it not everyone belives it so it mainly depends on your heart
980028
The heart is an involuntary muscle, which means it moves without your conscious control over it.\nYour leg muscles are voluntary muscles, which means they move when you consciously intend for them to move.
720513
depends.\nIf it's meant to be then It's meant to be.\nYou can't control the heart.
250340
Two roads well traveled in my experiance, i say that you should try to listen to your heart first, try your best with the situation... If it doesnt help, if it begins to hurt to much then its time to think with the mind. Sometimes no matter what you do it will not be enough but atleast you can have the satisfaction knowing that you tried your all. In reality you cannot tell you heart what to feel and for who, and sometimes no matter what the other does it may not change how you feel for them but you must love and respect yourself enough to know when is enough heartache  over someone, and when to draw the line. If your heart wont open the door, your mind will bar it shut. goodluck.
821412
Hey ! thats an interesting observation.\nMy friend,\nEvery coin has two sides,  we are children of God, so Goodness always resides in our heart but the worldly feelings of Ego, competition, greed destroy our otherwise pure hearts.\n\nIts true that we need to be humans first then any thing else.
869365
There is not a voluntarty "part" of your heart.  The heart is controlled by the automic nervous system, comprised of the sympathetic and parasympathetic, which are your "fight or flight" portions of your nervous system.  Your somatic nervous system controls the voluntary muscles, like the skeletal muscles.\n\nCheck this site out:  http://163.1.0.40/wfsa/html/u05/u05_010.htm
423553
if you are wearing a steathascope you are probably listening to your heart, without one its your mind.
70240
No, actually it is your heart.
906713
yes it can...between your heart and mind
547490
I think you are already too "brainy" for these "emotional" ones when you analyse it like that. The word "heart" is often used in a metaphorical sense. But I agree with your basic question, though you probably did not mean it this way: that so-called "emotional intelligence" (EQ) or social intelligence is some sort of consolation price for those who didn't win big-time in the who-gets-which-brains roulette. Of course, this is all a metaphor as I don't believe that is at all random. They simply didn't *inherit* REAL intelligence (IQ). So they invented "social intelligence", which means they are real good in following the herd. Impressive.
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The basic heartbeat is controlled by cells in the heart which have leaky membranes-Ions leak in, and depolarize the cell, which then causes a rapid spreading contraction.  Thus, the brain does not control basal heartrate.  The brain, through mediation of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system can, however, modulate the rate of the heartbeat.  There are some specific loci which are associated with these systems, but the most potent is the emotive centers of the brain, which in turn are regulated by the cerebral cortex (the "thinking" part of your brain), which is why, when you are told you just flunked a test, your heartbeat rises, while when you listen to relaxing music, your heartbeat slows.  The conscious part of your mind sends signals to the emotive centers, which then regulate the symapthetic and parasympathetic system.  But, cutting off your head will not stop your heart from beating...at least not until the heart itself runs out of oxygen because of the lack of breathing.