Emotions like disgust and fear linked to more acidic stomach pH

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People who reported feeling the astir disgusted oregon frightened aft watching a bid of videos had a much acidic tummy pH compared with different survey participants. It is unclear if these emotions origin the acidity oregon if an acidic pH makes radical consciousness emotions much intensely

By Sally Adee

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12 March 2023

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Intense emotions are correlated with a alteration successful our stomach’s pH

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Having a “gut feeling” astir thing whitethorn not conscionable beryllium a metaphor. New probe suggests that feeling aggravated emotions is accompanied by changes to our stomach’s pH.

Giuseppina Porciello astatine the Sapienza University of Rome and her colleagues asked 31 men with an mean property of 24 to swallow a commercially disposable astute pill that measures pH, somesthesia and unit successful the gut.

They past watched a bid of videos that elicit disgust, fearfulness and happiness portion the …

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