A new study suggests that keeping a smile on your face during stressful times can be beneficial for the heart. According to a report published in Psychological Science, the ‘grin and bear it’ approach supports this. It can also make us feel better.
Scientist said this about stress and smile
This research is the work of psychologists Tara Kraft and Sarah Pressman of the University of Kansas. They looked at how different types of smiles and being aware of people’s smiles affected their ability to recover from stressful events. Kraft told the press that they wanted to find out whether the old saying “grin and bear it” had any scientific value.
Reduces Smital Stress
The age-old saying goes that smiling not only signals happiness to others, but can also help cope with life’s stresses. Previous studies have shown that smiling affects emotions. And positive emotions have an effect on stress. But Kraft and Pressman are the first to experiment with types of smiles to see what effect they have on stress.
Researchers often consider two types of smiles: the standard smile, in which only the mouth shapes the smile, and the genuine or Duchenne smile, in which the muscles around the mouth and eyes shape the smile. (The latter was named after Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne, who used electrophysiology to show how a genuinely happy smile also uses the muscles around the eyes.
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