Smiling Releases Endorphins Smiling is ContagiousYou might consider yawning or sneezing the only contagious action. It is difficult to help yawning in response when you witness someone else doing it first. However, science tells us that smiling is also a natural reflex reaction to happiness and pleasing settings—meaning the very act of smiling itself makes you happy…and being happy makes you smile. This is how the positive cycle is created.
In fact, research published in Psychology Today found that there is an automatic human attraction to people who smile. So not only does smiling affect your own mood (for the better); it also makes us far more attractive to other people.
Smiling Boosts Heart HealthAccording to a group of psychological scientists at the University of Kansas, smiling aids the ability to recover from all sorts of general life stress. The scientists monitored a group of 169 participants who were asked to take one of 3 facial expressions—remain neutral, force a smile (by holding a chopstick in the mouth), or genuinely smile (a full Duchenne smile).
The scientists monitored heart rates while placing the participants under increased levels of stress (i.e., noise, putting hands in cold water, etc.). Findings showed that while the smiling (both forced and genuine) reduce the body’s stress response and lowered heart rate and blood pressure significantly, the genuine smiling participants recovered from the stress at much faster rates.
Smile to Strengthen Immunity Smile for Success Happiness Adds Years to Your Life
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