Why Do We Cry?
Listener Lily wants to know why her face forecast always calls for tears.
September 28, 202023m 22s
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Show Notes
Listener Lily called in about a crying shame: She thinks she cries too much. ELT investigates why we cry, and whether wet cheeks were once très chic. Ad Vingerhoets, crying researcher and clinical psychologist, and Tom Lutz, author of Crying: The Natural and Cultural History of Tears, talk through tears.
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