Should You Smile Even If You Don’t Mean It?

Do you ever smile even though you’re not happy? Is it bad to fake a smile?

Read More:
How we grin to bear it - the science of smiling
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandsty...
“The winning article of the 2014 Wellcome Trust science-writing prize looks at smile research – how they make us feel better, how to fake them and why you should say ‘cheeks’ not ‘cheese’.”

Facial Expressions: Smiles, Frowns Not Universal After All, Study Suggests
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04...
“A smile and a frown mean the same thing everywhere—or so say many anthropologists and evolutionary psychologists, who for more than a century have
argued that all humans express basic emotions the same way.”

How many muscles does it take to smile?
http://science.howstuffworks.com/life...
“You've likely been told (or read in a forwarded e-mail) that it takes fewer muscles to smile than it does to frown, and that, in light of this fact, you should smile more often.”

Does smiling make you happy?
http://science.howstuffworks.com/life...
“Smiling doesn't seem like a particularly complicated act: You feel a happy emotion, the corners of your mouth turn up, your cheeks lift and your eyes crinkle.”

Wipe Away That Frown: Botox Makes You Happier
http://content.time.com/time/health/a...
“Botox may not only provide a nonsurgical face-lift — it may also lift your spirits, new research suggests.”

Smile! It Could Make You Happier
http://www.scientificamerican.com/art...
“We smile because we are happy, and we frown because we are sad.”

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