Snip!t from collection of Alan Dix

<p>We tend to think of reason and emotion as being two different things, but it turns out that there may not be a choice between the heart and the head. A University of Illinois team, led by neuroscience professor Aron Barbey, has made the first detailed 3D map of emotional and general intelligence in the brain, that shows a strong overlap of general and emotional intelligence.</p> <ul id="gallery_images"> <li><a href="/emotional-intelligence-brain-mapped/25980/pictures#1" class="image"><img src="http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_tn/emotional-intelligence-1.png" title="Relationships between general and emotional intelligence" alt="Relationships between general and emotional intelligence"></a></li> <li><a href="/emotional-intelligence-brain-mapped/25980/pictures#2" class="image"><img src="http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_tn/emotional-intelligence-2.png" title="CT scan showing overlaps of different general and emotional intelligence functions" alt="CT scan showing overlaps of different general and emotional intelligence functions"></a></li> <li><a href="/emotional-intelligence-brain-mapped/25980/pictures#3" class="image"><img src="http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_tn/emotional-intelligence-3.png" title="Differences between latent emotional intelligence and residual intelligence due to lesions" alt="Differences between latent emotional intelligence and residual intelligence due to lesions"></a></li> </ul> <div class="clear_both"></div> <p></p>