Why Humans Like to Cry: Tragedy, Evolution, and the Brain by Michael Trimble

Why Humans Like to Cry: Tragedy, Evolution, and the Brain

Michael Trimble

232 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science informative reflective fast-paced
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Human beings are the only species to have evolved the trait of emotional crying. We weep at tragedies in our lives and in those of others - remarkably even when they are fictional characters in film, opera, music, novels, and theatre. Why have we ...

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