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There is evidence that sensory information going up via the vagus nerve goes to the same emotional centres of the brain that control our emotions. It is possible that when we have a certain situation, and we have to make a judgment and we say that we have a ‘gut feeling’, that there actually are certain perceptions that are being communicated between gut and brain (Qasim Aziz, Director of Wingate Institute of Neurogastroenterology).1
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Paris, H. (2012). Below the Surface. In: Broadhurst, S., Machon, J. (eds) Identity, Performance and Technology. Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137284440_13
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