Why We Cry: More Than Meets the Eye Crying is a universal action, triggered by a whole spectrum of emotions. Researchers have ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Emotional tears are a uniquely human behavior. Research ...

Good news, bad news, a rough day, a scary movie, a poignant memory, a nostalgic smell—these are all things that can prompt a salty tear to trickle down your cheek. The sensation is quick to sneak up ...

Crying makes your nose run for a real anatomical reason, not because of how upset you are — a biologist traces the eye-to-nose link behind 'ugly crying.' ...

Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / AJR_photo. That box of tissues isn’t just for mopping up your emotions—those tears you’ve been holding back at work, in traffic, or during that commercial with the ...

Your body has millions of parts working together every second of every day. In this series, Dr. Jen Caudle, a board-certified family medicine physician and an associate professor at Rowan-Virtua ...

Among the myriad of actions performed exclusively by humans, crying appears to be the most enigmatic. While no other animals are known to cry, humans shed emotional tears from birth throughout life.

Several articles about crying in the lay press have come on the heels of two recent noteworthy books on the subject. The first, Why Humans Like to Cry: Tragedy, Evolution, and the Brain (2012) is a ...

I opened the passenger door of the Cutlass Sierra, climbed in, and shut the door behind me. I’d managed to keep it together in front of my classmates, but with the familiarity of my dad and the old ...

Anna Lee Beyer writes about mental health, relationships, parenting, and books for Huffington Post, Romper, Slate, Glamour, Parents, and others. We have lots of reasons to suppress the urge to cry, ...

We feel it every once in a while: a lump in our throat, a burning in our eyes, and then warm tears welling up in them. Whether it’s joy, grief, awe, or something undefinable, the experience is ...