Niels van de Ven - The Social Impact of Emotional Tears

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Ad Vingerhoets, Niels van de Ven, Yvonne van der Velden
Motivation and Emotion, vol. 40(3), 2016, pp. 455-463

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Vingerhoets, A., van de Ven, N., & van der Velden, Y. (2016). The Social Impact of Emotional Tears. Motivation and Emotion, 40(3), 455–463. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-016-9543-0

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Vingerhoets, Ad, Niels van de Ven, and Yvonne van der Velden. “The Social Impact of Emotional Tears.” Motivation and Emotion 40, no. 3 (2016): 455–463.

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Vingerhoets, Ad, et al. “The Social Impact of Emotional Tears.” Motivation and Emotion, vol. 40, no. 3, 2016, pp. 455–63, doi:10.1007/s11031-016-9543-0.

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@article{ad2016a,
  title = {The Social Impact of Emotional Tears},
  year = {2016},
  issue = {3},
  journal = {Motivation and Emotion},
  pages = {455-463},
  volume = {40},
  doi = {10.1007/s11031-016-9543-0},
  author = {Vingerhoets, Ad and van de Ven, Niels and van der Velden, Yvonne}
}

[why do people cry? a simple question, but not one that had an easy answer. In this work we find that when people see someone with a tear in their eye, they become more likely to offer to help them. they do so because seeing someone with a tear makes one feel more connected to them, and makes them appear more friendly and as being more in need of help]