No matter the circumstance — happy, sad or glad — crying is the prescribed reaction on American Idol. It happens when they win and when they lose, when their nemeses are cut or when they are saved.

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 ...

We all know that feeling. When the moisture, pressure and heat build in the inner corner of your eye, you try to blink or look up to stop it from falling. We all cry at some point in our lives. Some ...

A "good" cry is connected to deeply felt sensations of warm tears, blurry vision, a sense of vulnerability, relief, and with emotion, resonating in sound and feeling within the body sense of the crier ...

Crying: In humans, it is the production of tears usually accompanied by facial muscle contractions and vocal sounds. But what happens in the body during this ordinary occurrence, and what social ...