The Power of Smiling

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“Even the stimulation of an emotion tends to arouse it in our minds – Charles Darwin 1872”

Ron Gutman reviews a raft of studies about smiling, and reveals some surprising results. Did you know your smile can be a predictor of how long you’ll live — and that a simple smile has a measurable effect on your overall well-being? Prepare to flex a few facial muscles as you learn more about this evolutionary contagious behavior.

“British researchers found that one smile can generate the same level of brain stimulation as up to 2,000 bars of chocolate – Ron Gutman”