Hidden power in women’s tears

It is a daily observation that when husband and wife fight, children quarrel or girls start quarreling and during this one party starts crying in tears, the matter usually cools down. Seeing tears cools the feelings of aggression in the other party and he feels some degree of sympathy for the crying person.

However, hard-hearted people do not show mercy to the tearful party even in this situation and make him the target of their blows. It can be said that a person who does not show mercy to a man, woman or child who sheds tears, especially when they are innocent, will be called cruel and cruel. It means that the special characteristic of murderous and heartless people is that they do not even care about the tears of innocent people. Although there is a poem by Bashir Badr, a prominent Indian poet, about the same water drops:

He touched me and turned me from stone to man

After a while tears came to my eyes

Tears are of great importance in Urdu poetry. The reason is that tears are not just water that flows from the eyes, but sometimes the conflicting emotions of sorrow, pain, grief and sometimes comfort are hidden behind them, they make these apparently insignificant drops of water very special. Make it important. Tears have been mentioned by the poet in his famous poems. For example, see this poem by another unique Indian poet, Waseem Barelvi:

By the way, just shed a tear and take me away

No such storm can shake

This was a review of the emotional effect of tears, now science has discovered that especially women’s emotional tears have positive effects on men’s sense of smell. This interesting revelation came from experiments conducted at Duke University in the United States.

Before reading the description of these experiments, know this unique fact that it was 1872 when the famous British scientist, Charles Darwin’s third book “The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals” (The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals) ) was published. The subject of this book is the habits and behaviors of humans which according to Charles Darwin were taken from animals, such as howling in surprise or baring teeth in aggression. In the same book, Darwin writes: “To me, the flow of tears in man is a wonder. They certainly keep the eyes moist, but this is the only benefit I see.” Well, they are useless.”

During the last 1200 years, however, scientists have discovered many benefits of tears, and thus Darwin’s idea has been proven wrong. Now Duke University scientists have come up with another benefit.

Remember, lacrimal glands are found in the eyes of many animals, including humans. These glands produce tears. There are three types of tears and each type has a different nature. However, tears are a combination of water, fat, protein, salts, acids and antibodies. Experts say that every human produces 15 to 30 gallons of tears in a year.

Most mammals shed tears. In the early 21st century, Japanese experts discovered that rats’ tears contain chemicals that reduce aggression in aggressive rats. This means that when aggressive rats smell the tears of a rat or rat, they become aggressive. As if from this point of view, in the world of mice, tears are useful in ending fights and establishing peace.

Perhaps the most important function of tears in mammals is to end the war between the parties and restore peace. This change occurs because tears contain chemicals that activate parts of the animal’s brain that control and suppress aggressive behavior. Further research revealed that weak blind mole-rats resort to tears when they want to protect themselves from powerful and aggressive rats. Whenever a rat attacks them, they tear the heart of the rat and thus escape from its grasp.

Duke University researcher Professor Noam Sobel and his colleagues believed that human tears may also contain chemicals that reduce aggression in others and bring them into a state of moderation. They decided to conduct an experiment to find the same chemicals. The team first showed the female volunteers emotional films and dramas that moved them to emotional tears. These tears were saved by the team.

The women’s tears were collected because in 2011 the results of a study conducted in the US were published in the famous scientific journal, Science. The study revealed that when men smelled women’s tears, their testosterone production decreased. This is the hormone that turns men on. Due to the decrease in the amount of hormones, their enthusiasm also decreased.

Now it was the turn of the men to experiment. They were divided into two groups and smelled two fluids… one fluid consisted of salt water and the other fluid was women’s tears. The men could not distinguish between these fluids as they were odorless. The men were then fed a computer game that required vigorous and aggressive play to win.

During this game, experts fitted special devices in the men’s brains that could record their mental activity. The result of this unique experiment was that the men who smelled the emotional tears of women, had an element of aggression. “44 percent,” or about half of that. The men who smelled the salt water had no change in their aggressive behavior. Interestingly, the aggressive men won most of the contests, but they The contestants didn’t seem too disheartened by the defeat. Of course, this emotion also arose due to the smell of emotional tears of women.

This unique experiment was successful in that scientists learned that human tears also contain chemicals that reduce aggressive behavior in humans who smell them. All the experts were delighted with the success of the experiment as they discovered another benefit of human tears. But then they faced a new problem.

Scientists know that mice have an organ in their nose called the vomeronasal organ. This organ detects the chemicals in the tears of mice and sends them to the brain. Humans do not have this organ in their noses, so how did men reduce their aggression by smelling women’s emotional tears? Experts were convinced that there must be olfactory receptors in the human nose that could detect women’s emotional tears. I caught the chemical substances.

To be clear, these inputs are found in the cells of our skin, eyes, nose, ears, tongue, etc., which are made of protein material. Our sense of touch works with the help of these inputs. Whenever a visible or invisible object hits these inputs, they send information in the form of electrical signals to the brain.

There are 62 luminal canals in our nose that perform different functions. When human tears were smeared with these receptors in the laboratory, four receptors were activated. As if this experiment revealed that the human nose has four such inputs that capture the chemicals of human tears and convey their information to the brain. The next step in the research was to find out which parts of the brain process this information.

Earlier it was reported that special devices were implanted in the brains of men while playing computer games. The defendant was that his mental activity could be noted. Now this activity came in handy in solving the next step.

When experts studied this activity, a surprising discovery was made. That is, men who smelled women’s emotional tears had slower activity in two parts of their brains, the prefrontal cortex and the anterior insula… Induces and increases aggression. Thus, the last problem related to human tears was also solved.

During the experiment, the researchers used about 1.5 milliliters of tears per man. Over 160 mL of emotional tears were required throughout the study. They were collected from six 20-year-old female volunteers over approximately 125 sessions. These women were selected for their ability to cry easily.

Professor Noam Sobel says: “We have shown the world through our experiments that the tears of women, men and children also contain chemicals that reduce aggression in other humans. Even these brain circuits have the power to change. These findings suggest that tears are a chemical shield that protects humans and animals against aggression. This effect is common in mice, humans, and probably other mammals. In fact, recent research has found that even dogs shed emotional tears. However, more research is needed to determine whether these tears also contain chemical signals that other dogs or humans can recognize.”

Three types of human tears
(1) Basal tears…These tears keep the cornea of ​​our eyes constantly moist so that it continues to perform its functions well. They also protect the eyes from dirt, dust and other external objects. It also contains germ-killing chemicals. The production of basilar tears decreases with age.

(2) Reflex tears…When a foreign object or chemical substances enter the eyes, the eyes release reflex tears to flush them out. When we cut onions, these tears are released to protect the eyes. Tear gas, coughing, sneezing, vomiting, seeing bright lights, eating chilies, etc. also produce these tears.

(3) Emotional tears… These are the tears that a person sheds while crying. However, these tears can also come out in the state of laughter or laughter. These tears are associated with typical human emotions and behaviors such as sadness, happiness, shock, joy, anger, physical or mental pain. Some animals can also shed these tears.