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Study: Forcing a Smile Genuinely Decreases Stress
The Atlantic: PROBLEM: Happiness makes us smile, but can smiling make us happy? Even if it’s a fake smile, because your mouth is propped open by chopsticks? There’s the standard smile, which remains located in
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The Science of Choosing Compassion
Huffington Post: As I walk down bustling Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, I often pass homeless people who ask me for spare change. Sometimes I let myself feel compassion for these individuals. But
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Smiling ‘is good for the heart’
The Telegraph: Researchers found smiling can reduce stress levels and low the heart rate while performing difficult tasks. Writing in Psychological Science, the authors tell how they studied the effects of different types of smiling
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Looking For Trouble (And Seeing It)
I’ve known a few troublemakers over the years. These were guys with huge chips on both shoulders, who would gladly pick a fight if you looked at them wrong. And looking at them wrong could
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Smiling May Reduce Stress
LiveScience: Feeling good often causes us to smile, but can smiling cause us to feel good? New research suggests it might. “Age old adages, such as ‘grin and bear it’ have suggested smiling to be
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Sourire est bon pour le coeur (Smiling is good for the heart)
Slate: Et si un sourire, même forcé, permettait de réduire son stress? Les docteurs Tara Kraft et Sarah Pressman de l’université du Kansas ont décidé de se pencher sur la question. Dans Psychological Science, elles
