Pengertian hati disini mungkin.... adalah perasaan (emosi jiwa) 
Jadi hati disini bukanlah hati sebagai bagian dari bagian tubuh manusia....
atau ada pendapat lain?

 
DeJoko

Saya rasa lambang cinta itu adalah memang hati bukan jantung 
Coba deh lihat hati kita kalau dibuka (seperti kartu di kasino), akan ada 2 lembaran pada bagian atas lambang cinta. 
Kalau yang mulai, saya juga kagak tahu... 

 
DeJoko

karena baru baru valentine

QUESTIONS of the HEART
By The Editors of Real Simple magazine
Article Launched: 02/14/2007 09:15:43 PM PST

Why does love hit you so hard? And why does one handsome stranger make your heart pound while another leaves you cold? Love has always been a mystery. But researchers now have some explanations & many based on sophisticated brain-scanning techniques & that shed light on how it works. Here, questions about love, partially demystified.

WHAT RULES

ATTRACTION?

In general, you gravitate toward people like you. Good-looking people tend to go for similarly good-looking types, and those from a particular socioeconomic background favor their own. Experts believe this happens because perceived equality contributes to a stable union. Well-known actresses pair up with rock stars, for example, because such men tend to be as rich and famous as they are.

But once you get past the bone structure and bank account and into personality attributes, opposites often attract.

"We're apt to fall in love with those who are mysterious and challenging to us," said Helen Fisher, a professor of anthropology at Rutgers and the author of "Why We Love." "This pull to another biological type could also be adaptive. If two very different people pool their DNA, they'll create more genetic variety, and their young will
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come to the job of parenting with a wider array of skills."

HOW MUCH

DO LOOKS COUNT?

Physical features are important to both sexes, but a bit more so to men. "During attraction, the parts of a man's brain associated with processing visual information are more active," said Louann Brizendine, a clinical professor of psychiatry at UC San Francisco and the author of "The Female Brain."

IS LOVE BLIND?

Not exactly, but once you're hooked, your vision gets cloudy.

"When you're in a relationship, you're aware of the other person's flaws, but your brain is telling you it's OK to ignore them," said Lucy Brown, a professor of neuroscience at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine who specializes in the brain's response to love. Recent studies at University College in London found that when romantic partners look at each other, the part of the brain associated with social assessment and negative emotion is relatively dormant and critical judgment is dulled. According to Fisher, this mechanism may have evolved to help people stick together through early, sometimes stressful child-rearing stages.

CAN LOVE BE

ADDICTIVE?

Love plays havoc with your body chemistry, causing you to act like an addict bent on scoring her next fix. Studies have found, for instance, that serotonin levels decrease by up to 40 percent in the newly smitten, causing some to show signs of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Additionally, cortisol, a stress hormone linked with the fight-or-flight response, is released, so you're constantly on high alert. Sound familiar?

Research published in 2005 by a team that included Brown and Fisher found that people who had recently fallen in love showed strong activity in the area of the brain that produces and receives dopamine, a neurotransmitter associated with addictive behavior whose activity increases when you expect to receive a reward. Gamblers and drug addicts experience similar dopamine activity.

"You're not supposed to be satisfied," explained Fisher. "You're supposed to be driven so that you can win the person and eventually stabilize your internal chemistry."

WHAT MAKES

PEOPLE COMMIT?

Humans are hardwired to stick together. Intimate relationships trigger the production of oxytocin and vasopressin, chemicals that scientists have nicknamed "cuddle hormones." A mere touch from a loved one can elevate their levels, and after sex they flood the system.

"We think of these hormones as playing an important role later on in the relationship, when you really know the person's flaws," Brown said.

WHY DO

PEOPLE CHEAT?

Attraction, romantic love and attachment involve three overlapping but separate brain systems.

"It's not hard for somebody to sexually desire one person, be infatuated with another, and still want to spend the rest of his or her life with a third," said Fisher. Because each kind of love serves a unique need and exists in a different context, cheaters are able to divide their emotional resources.

Fisher suspects the propensity to stray may be stronger in people who have novelty-seeking, dopamine-sensitive personalities. But factors unique to the relationship — a need for attention, a desire to get out of the situation — are just as likely to fuel infidelity.

CAN LOVE AFFECT

YOUR HEALTH?

Research has found that couples in good relationships tend to be healthier and happier. "Happily married couples report lower stress than single people, in part because they provide each other with emotional support in difficult times," said Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, a professor of psychiatry at Ohio State. "Lower stress translates to better health and immune function."

WHAT KEEPS

PEOPLE TOGETHER?

Hormones and hard work. Restlessness sets in one to two years into a relationship, according to new research from the Universities of Pavia and Pisa, in Italy. That's the period in which the chemical activity associated with new love (high dopamine, for example) dies down. Fortunately, there are ways to keep the spark alive. Sexual contact drives up dopamine levels. Novelty does, too, which is why you tend to feel so good about somebody after taking a trip or going through an unusual experience together.

Frequent physical contact is most likely to maintain elevated oxytocin levels, which is why holding hands, stroking your partner or any other kind of touch can create feelings of attachment.

di liat dari mana dulu

dari sisi kedokteran heart=jantung

dari sisi lebay2an ala indo heart=hati

hehehehe

heart itu jantung! emang penerjemah awalnya aneh... eh, yg laennya ikutan aneh. masa ada yg bilang 'hatiku berdebar-debar' sambil ngelus-elus dada? itu mah jantung!

mm...kalo dijadiin bahasa indonesia konotasinya emg jd beda yah
nah kalo 'terluka' itu sakit hati apa sakit jantung?
haha...di bhsa kita keknya mmg enakan pake kata 'hati' d...kalo pake jantung kok aneh kdgrannya...coba d di lirik lagu cinta2an yg ada kata hati-nya diganti jd jantung,pasti lucu dah...
eheheheh..yg mulai iseng jg yah...

itu kan karena awalnya udah salah, begitu diganti jadi rasanya aneh... coba kalo dari dulu udah pake kata jantung. sama halnya kalo kita sekarang ganti nama 'apel' menjadi 'pisang'.