Any topic (writer’s choice)

Module 1 extra credit assignment: Due before Tues Jan 25

Write up your experience from the following assignment.  Your write up needs to be between 250-500 words. The write up needs to be your unique words- do not quote from any other materials (internet, textbook, etc).

Initiate the following conversation with 10 friends or family (interviewees can be done individually or in a group setting, should not include other members of this course).

Why are emotions, such as love and despair, associated with the heart?
Do you believe love comes from the heart? Why or why not?

Try to make the argument that we think and feel with our brains, not our hearts. As evidence, describe the anatomical experiments of Greek physician Galen from 2000 years ago. Are they convinced? Why or why not?