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How Emotions Impact Heart Health

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The Effect of Gratitude on the Brain

The amygdala deals with usually emotions such as fear and anger. For people that show gratitude, that area of the brain does not light up as much. It's dampened a bit. And then for an area of the vagus nerve, vagus is actually from the Latin, it means wandering. The vagus nerve impacts our heart rate so it makes our breathing rate go faster.

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