Why do we associate a picture of a heart with the feeling of love???

Question

Thanks for your answer and I do say,a happy Valentine's Day to you and your crew.......Tom Science 4

Answer 1

good question

I think it is because when we get married, the ring goes on the left ring finger because it is the only finger with a vein connected to the heart

ring=heart

heart = a picture of an inaccurate heart

inaccurate heart=love


at least that's what I think

Answer 2

The heart (♥) has long been used as a symbol to refer to the spiritual, emotional, moral, and in the past also intellectual core of a human being. As the heart was once widely believed to be the seat of the human mind, the word heart continues to be used poetically to refer to the soul, and stylized depictions of hearts are extremely prevalent symbols representing love. However, more realistic depictions of human hearts tend to have macabre connotations of death and violence, quite unlike the concepts associated with the poetic and symbolic heart. This discrepancy is a common source of dark humor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_(symbol)