The act of emotional crying is far from random or useless. Instead, it seems to be woven deeply into our social and emotional ...

Research suggests that crying is not a sign of weakness, but one of the most sophisticated social technologies in the natural ...

The phrase “a good cry” dates back to at least the mid-1800s while the phrase “cry it out” dates as far back as the mid-1600s. Both phrases suggest in our lay language that crying can relieve some ...