Crying: Call for a Lifespan Approach

Rottenberg, Jonathan; Vingerhoets, A.J.J.M.

doi:10.1111/j.1751-9004.2012.00426.x

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“…Common activity across both adult and infant tears was found in the visual cortex. Because of their affective relevance and salience, tears seem to evoke strong responses in the visual cortex, pointing to the important role of tears in the communication of distress (Rottenberg & Vingerhoets, 2012). However, in contrast with the suggestion that tears play a more important role in communicating distress in adulthood than in infancy (Zeifman & Brown, 2011), infant tears elicited more activity in visual regions than adult tears.…”

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“…See supplemental material for details about fMRI data acquisition and pre-statistics processing. Data analysis was carried out using FMRI Expert Analysis Tool (FEAT) version 6.00, part of FSL (Smith et al, 2004). In native space, functional activity was examined using general linear model analysis.…”

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“…Thus, whereas infant tears play a role in the establishment of a bond between caregiver and infant, adult tears -as the main cues of adult sadness -may be more important in the communication of distress. Crying thus progresses from a predominately acoustic signal in infancy to a more subtle visual signal in adulthood (Rottenberg & Vingerhoets, 2012).…”

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As tears go by: Baby tears trigger more brain activity than adult tears in nulliparous women

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The current functional magnetic resonance imaging study examines brain activity during the perception of infant and adult tears. Infant tears evoke stronger responses in the visual cortex than adult tears, indicating that infant tears are highly salient. In addition, our study shows that infant tears uniquely activate somatosensory pain regions, which could stimulate actions directed at the elimination of the source of pain. Shedding tears may be a strong means to elicit the parent's sharing of the infant's feelings, thereby strengthening caregiver-infant bonding and securing infant survival. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Thus, one interesting thing to do would be investigate the stage at which children begin to ''cry for joy'' so as to reach an understanding of the developmental pattern of being moved. To our knowledge, there is no empirical evidence related to this question (though there is much evidence about when and how children cry in sadness; for a review, seeRottenberg and Vingerhoets 2012;Vingerhoets 2013). Research on this topic would be most welcome.…”

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Being moved

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In this paper, we argue that, barring a few important exceptions, the phenomenon we refer to using the expression ''being moved'' is a distinct type of emotion. In this paper's first section, we motivate this hypothesis by reflecting on our linguistic use of this expression. In section two, pursuing a methodology that is both conceptual and empirical, we try to show that the phenomenon satisfies the five most commonly used criteria in philosophy and psychology for thinking that some affective episode is a distinct emotion. Indeed, being moved, we claim, is the experience of a positive core value (particular object) perceived by the moved subject as standing out (formal object) in the circumstances triggering the emotion. Drawing on numerous examples, we describe the distinctively rich phenomenology characteristic of the experience as well as the far-reaching action-tendencies and functions associated with it. Having thus shown that the candidate emotion seem to satisfy the five criteria, we go on, in section three, to compare it with sadness and joy, arguing that it should not be confused with either. Finally, in section four, we illustrate the explanatory power of our account of ''being moved'' by showing how it can shed light on, and maybe even justify, the widespread distrust we feel towards the exhibition of 'sentimentality'. On the whole and if we are right, we have uncovered an emotion which, though never or rarely talked about, is of great interest and no small importance. Keywords Being moved Á Emotions Á Sentimentality Á Values 1 Introduction We often say of things (sights, scenes, events, or even works of art) that they ''move us''. In this paper, we try to describe the affective phenomenon that we refer to

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“…This finding nicely reflects the development of positive crying which becomes more prominent at an older age (cf. Rottenberg and Vingerhoets, 2012).…”

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The Physician’s Tears: Experiences and Attitudes of Crying Among Physicians and Medical Interns

Janssens

Sweerts

Vingerhoets

2019

J Clin Psychol Med Settings

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We examined several aspects of the crying experiences of physicians and medical interns, including the most common reasons to cry in the workplace, and their perceptions of and attitudes towards crying in the workplace and in the presence of a patient. A sample of Dutch physicians and medical interns (Nphysicians = 1068 and Nmedical interns = 302 and for the full version Nphysicians = 776 and Nmedical interns = 181) completed an especially designed anonymous online questionnaire about experiences with crying in the workplace, and perceptions of and attitudes towards crying in the workplace and in the presence of patients. Crying is a rather frequent behavior among physicians, in particular when they have to deal with the severe suffering of patients and their relatives. We found a considerable variety in the attitudes and perception of crying in the work setting, although there was also much agreement that crying in the presence of a patient is only appropriate if it is over the condition of the patient. Physicians reported a slightly more positive attitude and a stronger need for more attention to this topic in training and education than medical interns. Crying in the medical setting is a common, though understudied phenomenon. There is a strong need for further research on this topic in order to understand it better and how and when it might interfere with or facilitate with the therapeutic process. We strongly feel that currently the time is ripe for this topic because in particular the physicians expressed a greater need for more attention to this topic in training and the medical interns showed signs of, perhaps unhealthy, suppression of their emotions.

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Crying: Call for a Lifespan Approach

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As tears go by: Baby tears trigger more brain activity than adult tears in nulliparous women

As tears go by: Baby tears trigger more brain activity than adult tears in nulliparous women

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