Ad Vingerhoets
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Darwin described weeping as purposeless. Was he wrong? Ad Vingerhoets, Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Tilburg University, believes that emotional tears have played an important role in our evolution and still serve important functions. His TEDxAmsterdam talk focuses on the question: why do only humans weep?
Recent Articles on Crying
BY AD
Chemosignalling effects of human tears revisited: Does exposure to female tears decrease males’ perception of female sexual attractiveness?
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The Social Impact of Emotional Tears
— Motivation and Emotion BY OTHERS
Patient Crying in Psychotherapy: Who Cries and Why?
— Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy-
How Hollywood Is Banking on the Science of Making You Cry
— The Daily Telegraph, National Post Wire Services -
The Poetry That Moves Men to Tears
— The Observer
In the News
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The Science of Crying
Science is close to solving the mystery of why humans shed tears (and why some don't) — Time
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Tears were and still are crucial to our functioning
Ad Vingerhoets speaks to Gail Kinman — The Psychologist
