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WHEN you think about it, it is a curious thing to do. We humans seem to be the only animals which, in response to overwhelming emotion, often distress but also often happiness or relief, produce a surplus of salty water in our eye sockets.
Crying (like blushing, with which it often goes hand-inhand) serves no obvious biological purpose. But it is something (almost) all of us do, especially when we are young and especially if we are female.See the full content of this document
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It May Be a Way to Flush Out Stress [Scot Region Edition 2]
The question is, why do we cry so much? Indeed, why do we cry at all? One paper, published in a psychological journal in 1993, defined...
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