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Like the anterior insula, which is responsible for gastromotoric movement for feelings of nausea and pain and discomfort, is also the part of the brain that's associated with many of the empathic processes.

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Everything at the front of your body is considered anterior, or ventral, and everything in the back is posterior, or dorsal.

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So your eyes are anterior, and your butt is posterior, but you’d also say that your breastbone is anterior to, or in front of, the spine, and that the heart is posterior to, or behind the breastbone.

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She might describe it as being “along the medial line, posterior to the heart, but anterior to the vertebrae, inferior to the collarbone, but superior to the stomach.” That would give the surgeon a pretty good idea of where to look -- in the esophagus, just above to the stomach!

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Crying releases stress hormones and can boost your mood afterward. [Music] You can feel emotional pain in the same part of the brain as physical pain, the anterior singulate cortex.

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