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Why humans like to cry : tragedy, evolution, and the brain

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 developed art forms - most powerfully, music - which move us to sadness and tears? This question forms the backdrop to Michael Trimble's discussion of emotional crying, its physiology, and its evolutionary implications. His exploration examines the connections with other distinctively human features: the development of language, self-consciousness, re.

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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 developed art forms - most powerfully, music - which move us to sadness and tears? This question forms the backdrop to Michael Trimble's discussion of emotional crying, its physiology, and its evolutionary implications. His exploration examines the connections with other distinctively human features: the development of language, self-consciousness, re."@en
  • "Humans are unique in shedding tears of sorrow. We do not just cry over our own problems: we seek out sad stories, go to film and the theatre to see Tragedies, and weep in response to music. What led humans to develop such a powerful social signal as tears, and to cultivate great forms of art which have the capacity to arouse us emotionally? Friedrich Nietzsche argued that Dionysian drives and music were essential to the development of Tragedy. Here, the neuropsychiatrist Michael Trimble, using insights from modern neuroscience and evolutionary biology, attempts to understand this fascinating and unique aspect of human nature--Book jacket."@en

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  • "Why humans like to cry the evolutionary origins of Tragedy"
  • "Why humans like to cry : tragedy, evolution, and the Brain"
  • "Why humans like to cry : The evolutionary origins of tragedy"
  • "Why humans like to cry : the evolutionary origins of Tragedy"
  • "Why Humans Like to Cry : The Evolutionary Origins of Tragedy"
  • "Why humans like to cry : tragedy, evolution, and the brain"@en
  • "Why humans like to cry : tragedy, evolution, and the brain"
  • "Why humans like to cry tragedy, evolution, and the brain"@en
  • "Why humans like to cry : the evolutionary origins of tragedy, evolution, and the brain"@en
  • "Why humans like to cry : tragedy, evolution and the brain"

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