Heart Memory and Feelings

Abstract

This chapter encounters the question, “is the heart related to the memory or not”. According to heart transplantation studies, there are multiple changes in the personality of the receiver that favors the traits of the donor. In addition to that the chapter tackles a comparison between the common definition of the memory and the cellular memory, in which both have the ability of encoding, storage, and retrieval. In addition to that the exosomes (proteins) play a role in information transfer between the organs and body cells, adding to our understanding of different shapes of memories within the human body. Neuroplasticity, on the other hand, plays a major role in the memory as well. It has shown that heart transplantation recipients have showed the ability to retrieve information believed to be stored in the intra-cardiac nervous system. Moreover, the neurotransmitters play a key role in the process as they represent the main medium for information transfer between the neurons. Heart memory evidences are rising in number as the medicine is taking new approaches toward technology and research. It was proven that multiple forms of memory were found on cellular and neurological levels. Evidences are derived from heart transplantation studies and molecular sciences, in which all points to the theory of “multiple forms of memory”.