Tearing: Breakthrough in Human Emotional Signaling
Tearing is not a benign secretory correlate of sadness or other emotional state, but a potent visual cue that adds meaning to human facial expression, the tear effect . Although tearing (lacrimation) provides ocular lubrication and is a response to irritation in many animals, emotional tearing may b...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Evolutionary Psychology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/147470490900700107 |