Editing Feeling (section)

=== Interoception ===
{{see also| Autonomic nervous system}}

====Gut====
{{see also| Enteric nervous system|Gut-brain axis}}

[[File:Emotions - 3.png|thumb|Examples of six basic emotions]]

A gut feeling, or gut reaction, is a visceral emotional reaction to something. It may be negative, such as a feeling of uneasiness, or positive, such as a feeling of trust. Gut feelings are generally regarded as not modulated by conscious thought, but sometimes as a feature of [[intuition]] rather than [[rationality]]. The idea that emotions are experienced in the gut has a long historical legacy, and many nineteenth-century doctors considered the origins of mental illness to derive from the intestines.{{sfnp|Mathias|Moore|2018|p={{pn|date=March 2025}}}}

The phrase "gut feeling" may also be used as a shorthand term for an individual's "common sense" perception of what is considered "the right thing to do", such as helping an injured passerby, avoiding dark alleys and generally acting in accordance with instinctive feelings about a given situation. It can also refer to simple common knowledge phrases which are true no matter when said, such as "Fire is hot", or to ideas that an individual intuitively regards as true (see "[[truthiness]]" for examples).

====Heart====
{{see also| Circulatory system}}
The heart has a collection of [[ganglia]] that is called the "intrinsic cardiac nervous system".{{sfnp|Fedele|Brand|2020}} The feelings of affiliation, love, attachment, anger, hurt are usually associated with the heart, especially the feeling of love.