Rohitha Lanka
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The Thinking Heart
For ages, the heart has been considered a pump whose main function has been to circulate blood all over the body. Its responsibility for sustaining life through rhythmic contractions and blood flow has mainly been perceived as an automatic function controlled by electrical and other signals from the outside. Recent studies, however, have begun to challenge this view and highlight that the heart is not just a simple pump but an active, self-regulating system with its complex neural network. This concept has led to the heart being considered as a "little brain" which interprets and integrates signals in ways that were once ascribed only to the brain.
By Rohitha Lanka9 months ago in Longevity
