CKtR Flashback: Crying

Curiosity Killed the Rat

This month Kade & Matt take a break from recording to give listeners a blast from the past with their episode all about crying.

Why do our eyes leak when we feel emotions, chop onions, or get poked in the eye? Do these scenarios lead to the creation of different types of tears? How are tears created? WHY? This episode, Kate and Matt delve into all these questions and so many more, as we chat all about crying. We also tackle a listener question about sweating – why do our palms sweat when we get nervous? References: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4035568/ https://athenaeum.libs.uga.edu/handle/10724/36619 https://psych-neuro.com/2014/03/14/the-biochemecial-purpose-of-crying/ https://scienceblogs.com/observations/2011/01/08/why-do-women-cry-obviously-its https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/emotions/crying.htm https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01240/full https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29888936/ https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-87337-001 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/dev.22058 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ejp.1623 https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/145/6/e20192719 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-66680-001 https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/29/4/579.short https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02134/full https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4062644/ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1069397111404519 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01240/full