Can an Artificial Heart Learn to Love?
We are paving the way to making artificial organs, as this article suggest for "3D Printing" an artificial heart. Which needs much more work, however what we can conceive in our minds is just the first stepping stone to its manifestation, and hence I am confident that it is not that long before we see it on the shelves of your hospitals. Model X9500 with ultra-glide action, low noise and microfine synchronicity to allow for a slumber-full sleep at night (Well I made up the last sentence, however you get my drift).

Could this heart actually allow in its functioning to provide for the human "feeling" aspect? Will an artificial heart be able to feel human emotion? Perhaps that would require an upgrade to the Premium X11500 model?

The Institute of Heart Math investigates the functioning of the Heart to uplift oneself and that of guiding humanity to a more constructive and positive direction. This relies on the principle that the Heart has much more intelligence than that we give it credit for in our modern Logic-Mind based society that we predominantly live in. Although this article is not meant to serve as a advertisement for this organisation, it is well worth checking this out, as I believe it has many merits to learn more about the heart.

Something I found very fascinating about our hearts is the Heart-Brain Connection and that the heart sends much more signals to the brain than the brain does to the heart. Furthermore when we allow ourselves to experience  stressful or negative emotional situations, the brain (logic) functions become more limited, as well as the detrimental effects on the body as a whole.

In the field of study termed neurocardiology it has been observed that that heart has over 40,000 neurons. This being termed the “little brain” gives the heart the ability to independently sense, process information, make decisions, and even to demonstrate a type of learning and memory. Furthermore among the hormones the heart produces is oxytocin also known as the “love” or “bonding hormone.”

Interesting to see what occurs over the next few years, however one thing is for sure! It is a process of discovery that will lead us to the essence of our humanity, to understand the make up of our physical, emotional, mental and even spiritual aspects being further analysed to see its constituent parts!

Hab Seneviratne