Social Effects of Tears and Small Pupils Are Mediated by Felt Sadness: An Evolutionary View
Small pupils elicit empathic socioemotional responses comparable to those found for emotional tears. This might be understood in an evolutionary context. Intense emotional tearing increases tear film volume and disturbs tear layer uniformity, resulting in blurry vision. A constriction of the pupils...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Evolutionary Psychology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704918761104 |