140. Ad Vingerhoets. The Psychology of Crying

Ad Vingerhoets  is emeritus professor of Emotions and Wellbeing. He was affiliated with the Department of Medical & Clinical Psychology of Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands. His areas of expertise are stress and emotions, and quality of life. In particular, his research on leisure sickness, homesickness and nostalgia, but especially crying, attracted much international media attention.

 

In addition to his publications in academic journals and books (>400), he also wrote some popular Dutch books on, among other subjects, love, crying, and, very recently, the functions of emotions in general.