Scientists finally reveals the reason why we are crying when we are extremely happy

News24xx.com - A group of psychologists found the reason of that. According to them, crying is done to restore a person's 'emotional balance' after experiencing strong emotions, both negative and positive emotions.

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"This seems to happen when people are overwhelmed with strong positive emotions, and people who do this seem to recover better from these strong emotions" said Oriana Aragon, head of the research, which will be published in the journal Psychological Science.

But a little unique, psychologists from the study also mentioned that the opposite could happen too. In other words, strong negative feelings can provoke positive expressions.

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For example, people often laugh when they are nervous or faced with a difficult and frightening situation. They cited previous research in which psychologists found some subjects smiled at times of extreme sadness. Thus was reported by the Telegraph.

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