What is a gut feeling, is there really a brain in your stomach too?
Siddhi Jain November 20, 2024 02:15 PM

Gut feeling is called our sixth sense. It is a feeling that comes on the basis of our experiences and memories. When we already have an idea about something, then it is a gut feeling.

What Is Gut Feelings: You must have heard about gut feelings in your daily life, but have you ever experienced gut feelings? For example, the match between India and Pakistan is going on and you suddenly start feeling that whatever happens today, India will win... Let's understand this with another example... Suppose you are going out for some work and you unnecessarily start feeling that that work is not going to happen today. However, there is no special reason behind this feeling. Anyway, today we will learn about gut feeling and things related to it.

What is gut feeling?

Gut feeling is called our sixth sense. It is a feeling that comes on the basis of our experiences and memories. When we have a feeling about something in advance, it is a gut feeling. It is also called intuition. Gut feeling usually comes when we have already had a similar experience or that issue reminds us of something similar.

Does your stomach also have a brain?

In fact, the connection of gut feeling is believed to be with the enteric nervous system (ENS) present in the stomach. At the same time, it is often called the "second brain" of the body. It is in the walls of the digestive system and it uses the same chemicals and cells as the brain. It helps in digestion and alerts the brain in case of disturbance. The connection between the stomach and the brain is through the gut-brain axis. Communication between the stomach and the brain occurs through endocrine pathways, neuro pathways, and immune pathways.

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