Study shows that a posed smile can improve mood
When we're happy, we smile. But does it work the other way? Can posing facial muscles in a smile brighten our mood?
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When we're happy, we smile. But does it work the other way? Can posing facial muscles in a smile brighten our mood?
Oct 20, 2022
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A team of researchers working at Humboldt-Universität in Berlin, has measured several aspects of the tickle response in humans and has developed a theory to explain why humans cannot tickle themselves. In their paper published ...
From Sinatra to Katy Perry, celebrities have long sung about the power of a smile—how it picks you up, changes your outlook, and generally makes you feel better. But is it all smoke and mirrors, or is there a scientific ...
Aug 12, 2020
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New research has found that the Mona Lisa's famed smile is almost certainly 'forced'—raising the intriguing possibility that Leonardo deliberately portrayed her that way.
Jun 3, 2019
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A fulsome smile in a photo makes it easier for people to identify the individual, say researchers at the University of York.
Jun 19, 2018
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The smile may be the most common and flexible expression, used to reveal some emotions, cover others and manage social interactions that have kept communities secure and organized for millennia.
Jul 27, 2017
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Research using computer-animated 3D faces suggests that less is more for a successful smile, according to a study published June 28, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Nathaniel Helwig from the University of Minnesota, ...
Jun 28, 2017
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Smile and the whole world smiles with you? Well, not necessarily.
Jun 9, 2017
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An international team of researchers have found that when we smile it actually changes the way our brains process other people's emotions.
Jun 29, 2015
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Smile and the world smiles with you—but new research suggests that not all smiles are created equal. The research shows that people actually anticipate smiles that are genuine but not smiles that are merely polite. The ...
Jun 12, 2013
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