Why Do People Cry?

Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 14:01 in Biology & Nature

Believed unique to humans, emotional tears carry certain hormones and other proteins, produced during periods of stress, out of the body, which may explain the cathartic effect of a good cry.

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