{"id":16552,"date":"2024-11-14T21:37:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T22:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=16552"},"modified":"2024-11-14T23:26:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T23:26:22","slug":"why-do-people-cry-heres-what-we-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=16552","title":{"rendered":"Why Do People Cry? Here\u2019s What We Know."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Crying is a quintessential human experience. Claire Danes does it<\/a>. Kim Kardashian does it<\/a>. Even Michael Jordan does it<\/a>. And no matter how long it has been since you last shed a tear, there is no doubt that you\u2019ve done it, too.<\/p>\n

Other species produce tears, but ours is the only one that scientists believe consistently cries not just to lubricate and protect the eyeballs, but also to express emotion \u2014 like after a breakup, at graduation ceremonies and while watching \u201cThe Notebook.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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While they are one of the few things that make us uniquely human, in many ways, emotional tears remain an enigma. Research has revealed that our emotions are even more complicated than neuroscientists once thought; there is no one area of the brain that\u2019s responsible for feelings of sadness or anger, for instance. And scientists have yet to scan people\u2019s brains to see what happens while they are crying.<\/p>\n

Still, some progress has been made to help us understand human tears \u2014 to grasp what they\u2019re made of, why we create them (some of us more than others) and why producing them can help us feel better.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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