- published: 05 Mar 2016
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Crying (also called sobbing, weeping, wailing, whimpering, bawling, and blubbering) is shedding tears as a response to an emotional state in humans. The act of crying has been defined as "a complex secretomotor phenomenon characterized by the shedding of tears from the lacrimal apparatus, without any irritation of the ocular structures". A related medical term is lacrimation, which also refers to non-emotional shedding of tears.
A neuronal connection between the lacrimal gland (tear duct) and the areas of the human brain involved with emotion has been established. Some scientists believe that only humans produce tears in response to emotional states while others disagree.Charles Darwin wrote in The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals that the keepers of Indian elephants in the London Zoo told him that their charges shed tears in sorrow.
In many cultures, it is more socially acceptable for women and children to cry, and less socially acceptable for men to cry.
Tears produced during emotional crying have a chemical composition which differs from other types of tears. They contain significantly greater quantities of the hormones prolactin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, Leu-enkephalin and the elements potassium and manganese.
Actors: Marc Allen (actor), Chase Kuertz (editor), Shane Bartlett (producer), Chase Kuertz (producer), Chase Kuertz (writer), Chase Kuertz (director), Chris Whitsett (actor), Shawn Whitsell (actor), Dale Rainey (actress), Max Nolen (actor), Amanda Page Cornett (actress), Evan Taylor Williams (actor), Rashad Rayford (actor), Angel Bowman (actress), Thom Booton (actor),
Plot: It is the year 2012. Gina Tally, widow to a murdered cop, is awoken Christmas Eve night to loud sounds coming from downstairs. She discovers wounded Barkley Rains, a gang member to Mayhem's Razor, sprawled on the floor of her kitchen tile. He's being hunted down by his own people. And they'll do anything to get to him.
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