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BOSTON–If your Valentine’s Day in 2021 was not all that you expected, your heart could actually take on the shape of a tako-tsubo. Huh? A tako-tsubo is a traditional narrow-necked, round-bottomed jar for trapping octopuses in Japan.
It is also the unmistakable shape of a broken heart! Or what is more prosaically called ‘takotsubo cardiomyopathy’.
In this riveting 16-minute TED presentation, cardiologist Sandeep Jauhar skillfully braids scientific data with historical metaphors and real life examples to demonstrate How Your Emotions Change the Shape of Your Heart. Age-old symbols of the heart as the metaphorical crux of humanity is justified, even though science has proven it is not the source of emotions. The physical heart, as he describes it, is directly impacted by human emotions in mysterious but unambiguous ways.