[Buddha-l] Heart of the matter? (was: the advent of the meditationmachine?)

[Joy Vriens]

Chris wrote,

>Tibetans locate the "body" centre in the head / brain; the speech centre at the  
>throat; and the "mind" centre at the heart. 
> 
>One wonders why so many cultures locate the source of feelings in the heart  
>while recognizing that the brain is the central processor of the body? 

Perhaps the following site on the "little brain in the heart", based on investigations by J. Andrew Armour, M.D., Ph.D. and his team of Montreal University will procure the beginning of an answer:

http://www.heartmath.org/research/our-heart-brain.html

Joy