There's a few theories out there but no one is sure why emotional crying occurs. Some say it's to rids the body of salt and toxic substances, perhaps when the body is under stress it doesn't work as efficiently so toxins can build up and em...
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I’m not sure science has a 100% firm answer as to why crying due to emotional distress makes sense, but what we do know is that emotional tears contain very high amounts of: - Prolactin: a hormone that causes relaxation (and is also actuall...
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Health question: Why do people cry when they are sad? Crying or weeping (psychic tears): The third category, generally referred to as crying or weeping, is increased lacrimation due to strong emotional ... People say you look sad? Why Eyes Water when Sad? Why do we cry when we're sad? When were sad why do you cry?
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wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_do_people_cry_when_they_are_sad
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Are the tears we cry when chopping onions different from the tears we shed while watching a sad movie? ... Do we produce tears when we're asleep?
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www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/agesubject/less...
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The act of crying has been defined as "a complex secretomotor phenomenon characterized by the shedding of tears from the lacrimal apparatus, without any irritation of the ocular structures" A neuronal connection between the tear d...
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Date: Thu Mar 9 10:53:01 2000; Posted by No name entered.; Grade level: 10-12 School: No school entered.; City: No city entered. State/Province: No state entered. Country: No country entered.; Area of science: Medicine; ... Re: Why do people cry for emotional reasons?
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www.madsci.org/posts/archives/mar2000/953449596.Me.q.ht...
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As a matter of fact, every time we blink our eyes, the eyelids act as windshield wipers and wipe the tear across the surface of the cornea (the shiny part of the eyeball) to keep ... The last interesting point I'd like to tell you about is when you cry the lacrimal glands go into "over-drive" and produce a lot of fluid.
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www.madsci.org/posts/archives/sep99/937254809.An.r.html
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Why do we cry? Beacuse we're sad, or because we're happy? When we're calm, or when we're stressed? Because we want to, or because we can't help it? Why do we cry, when we fall and when our feelings are hurt? Why do we cry, when someone dies, and when someone lives?
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www.angelfire.com/ca/home6/justnimge/cry.html
www.angelfire.com/ca/home6/justnimge/cry.html
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This site was last updated in spring 2001. It remains online as an archival record. ... Neurobiology advances emotion research; Until recently, the study of emotions was relegated to the fringes of science. ... A decade or so ago, many researchers believed emotions, the feelings usually associated more with the heart than the...
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www.news.wisc.edu/packages/emotion/
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