The heart has it's own brain?

[Medensis]

http://www.mindfulmuscleblog.com/hea...consciousness/

This seems to be surfacing all over.


Personally, I think this is a load of nonsense.

This would not only negate what we know about the autonomic nervous system but it's not even supported with sources. It's posted on nearly every spiritual blog I could find but not a single respected scientific website. Thus, I believe it is hardly such. It even makes the giant leap in the article from a greater electromagnetic field to suggesting a telepathic "oneness". Come on, where are our filters?!

The sinoatrial node-located in the right atrium of your heart, the atrioventricular node-located on the atrial septum, and the HIS-Purkinje system-located along the walls of the heart are the electrical components of the heart. None of which is associated with higher CNS involvement. It runs on automation, in other words, you can't "think it" to stop. It keeps going and it's going really fast, why shouldn't it have a greater electromagnetic field? To me, all that means is that the brain utilizes it's energy better. Lots of weak signals in the brain, compared to a few strong signals in the heart.

The starter in your car probably generates more of a field than your laptop, so, does, that mean it's more significant? Does that prove your car has a greater connection to the other cars?

How any of that has made a leap into the spiritual drivel of theist society is simply because someone started wielding sciency things in the faces of a bunch of non-sciency people.

[Corwin111]

About Authors
Rollin McCraty, Ph.D.
Rollin is the Executive Vice President and Director of Research at the Institute of Heart Math. He has been with IHM since its inception in 1991 and has worked with founder Doc Childre to formulate the organization’s research goals and create its Scientific Advisory Board. Rollin is a Fellow of the American Institute of Stress, holds memberships with the International Neurocardiology Network, American Autonomic Society, Pavlovian Society and Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback and is an adjunct professor at Claremont Graduate University.
Raymond Trevor Bradley, Ph.D.
Adjunct Associate Research Professor, Center for Brain Research and Informational Sciences, Radford University; Director, Institute for Whole Social Science; Author – Charisma and Social Structure, Carmel, CA.
Dana Tomasino, BA
Researcher and scientific writer at the Institute of HeartMath since 1995.

So a psychologist, a sociologist and a... Batchelor of Arts?

Wow, tough crowd!

[minorwork]

So a psychologist, a sociologist and a... Batchelor of Arts?

Wow, tough crowd!

Where and how do they get their money? Not the best question. Could be out of thin air like the FED.

[gallo]

If my heart has it's own brain, then why does it insist on doing so much damage to itself and my circulatory system because it causes high blood pressure. I guess my heart brain isn't very smart. And it isn't my heart brain that has actually reduced my blood pressure into normal levels. It is the fact that in the last two months I have lost over twenty pounds and walk three miles a day, most days, even in the 95 degree heat. My heart brain hasn't been involved, except that my blood pressure is lower and my resting heart rate is lower. It seems to me that this is the result of my conscious efforts to loose weight, rather than any sort of "heart brain." It's nonsense.

[Medensis]

Where and how do they get their money? Not the best question. Could be out of thin air like the FED.

Some pope or something, I'm sure.