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Researchers Map Body Areas Linked to Specific Emotions

By Christopher Bergland — 2014

These colorful images of emotional body maps allow you to visualize a target emotion as it is color-coded to areas of your body. Through daily physicality you learn to understand how your individual body feels in correlation to a wide range of emotions. Understanding this connection makes it easier to create a mindset that is in synch with your physical body and to stay in touch with a broad spectrum of emotions. This improves your emotional intelligence.

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