Submitted by lilm8ey t3_yuytf5 in askscience
davereeck t1_iwcick2 wrote
This is a really interesting area of investigation. Here is an article on Interoception - the sensation you have of your body's state:
Tl;Dr - your ability to sense things like your heart beat (and presumably how your gut feels) may influence emotions. So in answer to your question: Yes, for at least some scientists.
The book How Emotions are Made is one of my least favorite books ever (the author is incredibly pedantic) but the concept is fascinating. Her name is Lisa Feldmen Barret, and isn't cited in this article (but I won't be surprised to find her lab did a lot of the work).
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