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Re: Tears, differences between emotions and irritants...
Bearcat (bcat@netcom.com)
Tue, 18 Jul 1995 13:22:18 GMT
Ralph L Holloway (rlh2@columbia.edu) wrote:
: I'm grateful to Phil Nicholls for digging out the empirical information
: on innervation of the lacrimal gland and rebutting the trigeminal
: nonsense.
: Can someone refresh my memory regarding some research done
: several years ago which seemed to indicate that the composition of tears
: was different whether or not the stimulus was an irritant to the surface
: of the eyeball or was an emotional stimulus through the cortical-limbic
: route? Does anyone remember this work? It was an interesting finding that
: some of a feminist view used to propose that if males were to cry more
: frequently (as women supposedly do), they would be healthier, as the
: emotional release of tears helped rid the system of toxic substances,
: whereas mechanical stimulation only produced tears that would help wash
: away the irritant. This has absolutely nothing to do with AAT, I hope...
On a side note, I remember reading that crying also promotes release
of endorphins.
- Bearcat
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