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Holding back the tears: Individual differences in adult crying proneness reflect attachment orientation and attitudes to crying [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Despite being a universal human attachment behavior, little is known about individual differences in crying. To facilitate such examination we first recommend shortened versions of the attitudes and proneness sections of the Adult Crying Inventory using ...
Ainsworth   +53 more
core   +3 more sources

The origin of smiling, laughing, and crying: The defensive mimic theory

open access: yesEvolutionary Human Sciences, 2022
Why do we leak lubricant from the eyes to solicit comfort from others? Why do we bare our teeth and crinkle our faces to express non-aggression? The defensive mimic theory proposes that a broad range of human emotional expressions evolved originally as ...
Michael S. A. Graziano
doaj   +1 more source

Robots with tears can convey enhanced sadness and elicit support intentions

open access: yesFrontiers in Robotics and AI, 2023
The behaviour of shedding tears is a unique human expression of emotion. Human tears have an emotional signalling function that conveys sadness and a social signalling function that elicits support intention from others.
Akiko Yasuhara, Takuma Takehara
doaj   +1 more source

How Our Gaze Reacts to Another Person’s Tears? Experimental Insights Into Eye Tracking Technology

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
Crying is an ubiquitous human behavior through which an emotion is expressed on the face together with visible tears and constitutes a slippery riddle for researchers. To provide an answer to the question “How our gaze reacts to another person’s tears?,”
Alfonso Picó   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of two different swinging methods upon colic and crying durations among the infants

open access: yesIndian Journal of Pain, 2015
Context: Swinging "repetitive and rhythmic" movements are helpful because these provide a continuous stimulus. These methods are reported to be effective upon decreasing baby′s pains or cry.
Gamze Yilmaz, Duygu Arikan
doaj   +1 more source

A clinical evaluation of gelastic and dacrystic seizures: a multicenter study

open access: yesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2022
Background Gelastic seizures are extremely rare, short-lasting, unprovoked, and uncontrollable laughing attacks. We conducted this retrospective evaluation to determine whether these symptoms, manifesting in different forms, such as cheerful laughter ...
Aylin Bican Demir   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Crying and feeding problems in infancy and cognitive outcome in preschool children born at risk : a prospective population study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Objective: To investigate whether regulatory problems, i.e., crying and feeding problems in infants > 3 months of age, predict cognitive outcome in preschool children born at risk even when controlled for confounding factors.
Alvarez   +126 more
core   +1 more source

On Crying

open access: yesThe Oncologist, 2022
Is it okay to cry with your patients? This narrative tells a story to help answer this complicated question.
openaire   +2 more sources

Resistance to Cry Intensive Sleep Intervention in Young Children: Are We Ignoring Children’s Cries or Parental Concerns?

open access: yesChildren, 2016
The majority of behavioural sleep interventions for young children (defined as 5 years of age or less) involve extinction procedures where parents must ignore their child’s cries for a period.
Sarah Blunden   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

VACS: VAccination disComfort Scale

open access: yesClinics and Practice, 2022
The vaccination of children is a crucial tool to protect both individuals and the world in general from various diseases and pathogens. Unfortunately, the vaccination procedure is not a pleasant one for all children, with many experiencing various levels
Manolis Wallace   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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