Why Only Humans Weep: Unravelling the Mysteries of Tears - Ad Vingerhoets

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Résumé :
Crying has fascinated mankind for millenia. Since ancient times, we have known that our ability to produce emotional tears is unique human characteristic. This book is one of the first to explore this complex phenomenon. Written by a leading authority in the field, it will contribute significantly to a scientific understanding of this topic.

Biographie:
Dr. Ad Vingerhoets is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands. He published over 300 articles on stress, emotions, and quality of life in scientific journals and co-authored/ edited 17 books. His work on phenomena as crying, homesickness, sentiments, and 'leisure sickness' aroused much interest in the (inter)national popular media.

Sommaire:
1 Why humans cry: Unravelling the mysteries of tears; 2 The human nature of crying; 3 Crying and adaptation The hardware; 4 The antecedents and context of crying; 5 The intra-individual effects of crying; 6 The intra-individual effects of crying; 7 The social effects of tears; 8 Culture and crying; 9 Why some people cry more often than others; 10 Male and female tears; 11 Crying and health; 12 Too many tears; 13 A cultural historical perspective of tears; 14 Epilogue