Tim Hunt's findings in lab disproved as stress expert says men cry more at work

Contrary to Nobel laureate's remark, quickly defended by London mayor Boris Johnson, Prof Ad Vingerhoets says his study found women wept less at work

He was cited by Boris Johnson as the world's leading expert on crying, whose evidence supports the claim that female scientists were more likely to weep at work than their male colleagues.

But Prof Ad Vingerhoets has told the Guardian that his only comprehensive and completed study of crying in a work environment showed that men were more likely to break down.