Simplified considerably, the idea goes like so: When the right hemisphere of the brain, the seat of emotion, is stimulated in the cerebral region presumed to control notions of self, and then the left hemisphere, the seat of language, is called upon to make sense of this nonexistent entity, the mind generates a «sensed presence.». (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
For example, they believed that that the guts were the seat of the emotions, whereas today, we seat the emotions in the heart. (redeeminggod.com)
In Hebraic thought the heart is the seat of the emotions — and according to general trichotomist views the soul is the seat of the mind, will and emotions. (redeeminggod.com)