Emotional tears facilitate the recognition of sadness and the perceived need for social support

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 148-158

  Balsters, Martijn ^a   Krahmer, Emiel ^a   Swerts, Marc ^a   Vingerhoets, Ad J J M ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crying; Emotion; Sadness; Support; Tears

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878642301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491301100114     Document Type: Article

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