As infants, our emotional expression is our primary mode of communication: Crying when we are distressed or laughing and smiling when we are happy. We tend to become upset (e.g., angry, sad, or ...

The people who allow themselves to cry aren’t weaker. In many ways, they’re doing the harder work. Crying still gets a bad ...

Tears are unique to humans, but distress calls are common among most other mammal and bird young, often when separated from their mothers. Crying extends far beyond infancy. A University of Pittsburgh ...

Crying is one of the most natural things humans do, yet it’s often treated like something to hide, manage, or apologize for. We call it “breaking down” or “being emotional,” as if tears signal ...

There is this paradoxical saying, “People who cry are happier people.” Upon initial assessment, this doesn’t seem to make a whole lot of sense. People typically cry when they are sad, and sad people, ...

Michelle Spear does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

All animals produce tears in some form or another, but did you know that humans are amongst the only species to produce tears because of our emotions? Babies use their tears as a form of communication ...