“Sexual relations between shepherds and the members of their flocks have existed for millennia, leading to the development of a certain type of love between them. The female llama, a ruminant related to the camel, is said by the local people in the Andean high plateau to weep with tears of jealousy when the herdsman […]
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Crying Infant Assuager (new patent)
“Crying babies are the source of great frustration for adults, particularly for their parents. Because they cannot speak, infants cry as their primary means of communication and they do it with great frequency. Babies cry as a means to communicate that they are in pain, unhappy, tired, hungry or generally in need of attention. Sometimes […]
Rottenberg and Gross on Tearful Crying
Among the studies on tearful crying, none other has quite the zing as that of Rottenberg and Gross. Details: Rottenberg, J., Wilhelm, F. H., Gross, J. J., & Gotlib, I. H. (2003). “Vagal rebound during resolution of tearful crying among depressed and nondepressed individuals,” Psychophysiology, 40, 1–6.