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Why Do Humans Cry? Scientist Says Tears Served as a Means of Communication Before the Evolution of Language

Why Do Humans Cry? Scientist Says Tears Served as a Means of Communication Before the Evolution of Language | Science News | Scoop.it
A leading scientist says that the human phenomenon of emotional crying is hugely important and developed as a way for humans to communicate how they feel before the emergence of language.
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Having had to work daily with people who spoke a different language I found it amazing how much is communicated just with our faces, body language and the emotions they reveal! Great post.

 

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Only Real Men (and Especially Real Women) Cry

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Crying, for us, serves "interpersonal purposes." It becomes "a tool of our social repertory: grief and joy, shame and pride, fear and manipulation." It serves our passions shaped and inflamed by our self-consciousness and our singularly relational lives.

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Brain love and tear drops: the science of emotion

Brain love and tear drops: the science of emotion | Science News | Scoop.it

I feel like trying to measure love with an fMRI machine is akin to attempting to understanding the ocean through examining some grains of sand on the beach- misguided.

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Let crying babes lie: Study supports notion of leaving infants to cry themselves back to sleep

Let crying babes lie: Study supports notion of leaving infants to cry themselves back to sleep | Science News | Scoop.it
Waking up in the middle of the night is the most common concern that parents of infants report to pediatricians.
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Why We Cry

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A Clinician’s Guide By Jay Efran and Mitchell Greene - Our understanding of what happens when we weep hasn’t progressed much beyond Freud’s theory of catharsis. However, knowing how our nervous systems work can help guide what we do—and don’t do—when clients burst into tears.


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For crying out loud!: Baby cries get a speedy response

For crying out loud!: Baby cries get a speedy response | Science News | Scoop.it
(Medical Xpress) -- The sound of babies crying is uniquely able to get adults to react at speed, Oxford University researchers have found.
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