Emotional Tears as Biological Signals
Emotional tears have been shown to enhance the interpretation of sadness that is inferred from facial expressions. The current paper puts emotional tears in an evolutionary context. By using biological signaling theory, it first looks at the distinction between cues and signals, both of which provid...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2009-07-01
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| Series: | Evolutionary Psychology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/147470490900700302 |