Researchers Aalto University have revealed how emotions are
experienced in the body.
Emotions adjust our mental and also bodily states to cope
with the challenges detected in the environment. These sensations arising from
the bodily changes are an important feature of our emotional experiences. For
example, anxiety may be experienced as pain in the chest, whereas falling in
love may trigger warm, pleasurable sensations all over the body. New research
from Aalto University reveals, how emotions are literally experienced through
the body.