How Culture Shapes Our Relationship With Tears Cultural attitudes toward crying vary widely across the world. Some cultures embrace public expressions of grief, viewing shared tears as essential to ...

Humans are the only animal to produce emotional tears. Asking questions about this behavior can help us better understand how we live our lives. That question has many answers. To start, there are ...

Many people believe that if they cannot cry easily, it means they are emotionally numb or disconnected. But that is not always true. Sometimes, the reason is purely medical. One common and often ...