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What happens when I… CRY?

DR SUSAN BLAKENEY is a clinical adviser to the College of Optometrists (collegeoptometrists.org)

Whether the trigger is overwhelming sadness or uncontrollable laughter, we humans are unique in that we are the only species that has the capacity to cry when we’re emotional.

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