Emotions in the Body

Here is an interesting article published in a 2013 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America that details locations where certain emotions are most often "felt" in the body according to a sampling of 700 individuals over 5 different experiments.  Somatosensory Feedback suggests that physical sensations of tension, temperature change, and even chronic pain may be experienced in these areas as a result of emotional trauma.  Massage has long been known to effectively treat many emotional conditions.  This study may actually help pinpoint where massage may be most effective in treating some of these emotional conditions and the physical discomfort associated with them.

http://www.pnas.org/content/111/2/646.full.pdf