Nature & Technology
Talk
Berlin Museum of Medical History
Broken Heart Practice
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© Andrea Lehsiak
What happens in the body and brain during lovesickness? Why does heartbreak hurt so much? What is “broken heart syndrome” and can a heart really break? In the Broken Heart Practice, museum director Prof. Dr. Monika Ankele asks experts from the fields of medicine, psychotherapy, literature and history these and other questions.