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Wonder why you might be crying more — or less — than other people? Here are some reasons why we cry and what your tears are made of.
When feelings get so extreme you don’t know how to manage or cope with them, crying can be one way to express them and get relief. It’s no secret that emotional pain can cause deep distress ...
It’s triggered by a range of feelings—from empathy and surprise to anger and grief—and unlike those butterflies that flap around invisibly when we’re in love, tears are a signal that others can...
Women cry roughly two to three times more often than men do. Hormones may play a role as well. The gender gap in crying tends to emerge during adolescence, when sex hormones kick in, and one ...
Sometimes, we even cry randomly. But what’s the reason behind the waterworks? Why do some people cry more than others? How do you control your emotions in certain settings?
Currently, most of the research on the neurobiology of crying in humans has focused on autonomic physiological processes underlying tearful crying, which may yield essential clues regarding the neural substrates of the production of crying behavior and its effects on the crier.
Crying as an expression of emotion appears to be uniquely human behavior. Other animals may tear up because of irritants in their eyes, but only humans shed tears at times of extreme...