My boyfriend sent me a card about smiling yesterday and it prompted me to a) smile and b) blog about it.
Here are the top ten things to learn about smiles today:
A smile is a universal expression of happiness and recognised as such by all cultures
A smile is the most frequently used facial expression. It takes as few as five pairs of facial muscles and as many as all 53 to smile
Smiling releases endorphins and makes us feel better
Even 'faking' a smile can lead to feeling happier
People are born with the ability to smile (even blind babies smile)
Babies reserve special smiles (Duchennes smiles of joy and happiness) for their loved ones
A newborn shows a preference for a smiling face over a non-smiling face
There are 18 different kinds of smile used in a variety of social situations
Human beings can differentiate between the 'felt' smile and the social smile – 'it's in the eyes' (literally)
A person who studies laughter is called a 'gelotologist' Labels: boyfriend, list, trivia
My boyfriend sent me a card about smiling yesterday and it prompted me to a) smile and b) blog about it.
3 Comments:
"A person who studies laughter is called a 'gelotologist'"
Where do they get those names? Can't they be called laughologists? Or giggleologists? And how does one obtain that job title, anyway? Do you get a degree in psychiatry and then branch out?
I want to be a giggleologist! : )
Did you know that google only gives two hits for duchennes smiles, and your blog is one of them?
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