Happy April, 1! 10 facts about smiling and laughing
Dear readers of Vigorain ! The editors of our blog wholeheartedly congratulate you on April Fool's Day and offer you this small selection of facts about smile and laughter.
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A smile is very contagious. Smile at the passerby and he will smile back.Scientist Ruth Campbell believes that there is a mirror neuron in the brain, which means that a person automatically copies that facial expression that he sees in front of him. Science has proven that the more often you smile, the more positively others around you respond.
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Wrinkles from the corners of Their eyes.
With a sincere, honest, joyful smile, small wrinkles are born in the corners of the eyes. A pretended and insincere smile stretches only the cheeks. Pay attention to your eyes when you are smiling.
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Smile in the photo.
Before taking pictures, photographers are asked to say the famous "Chi-and-and-z". At this moment, our cheeks are stretched and we really smile, but, as mentioned earlier, not with our eyes. While photographing, standing with the camera, smile for yourself, remembering the mirror neuron (fun memory :)) and say something more original.
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A smile can be imitated without consequences.
Most people cannot tell a fake smile from a real smile. It is believed that a smile is a weapon of liars, i.e. often a smiling person is probably lying. Actually this is not true. Australian customs officers looked at records of people crossing the border and noticed that illegal immigrants, smugglers, criminals are smiling much less often. And who will smile at the customs officer’s question “Did you drop the bag of cocaine”?
Why can't monkeys laugh and talk?
Because they are not Urgant or Martirosyan, the van probably came to mind. And you are absolutely right. Chimpanzees are not humans and they are physically unable to reproduce speech. They cannot even say a verbal joke on April 1. But walking in an upright position would save the monkeys, as they would have the ability to control breathing. Therefore, the monkeys only smile and wave.
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Laughter softens the pain.
Scientists have proven that whoever laughs lives longer. This we know! We also know about the experience of the 80s of the last century, when in a couple of American hospitals created "Laughter Rooms". Humorous books, audio and video cassettes were collected in these rooms, and comedians also visited. Result: patients began to discharge faster, most of them significantly improved their state of health, the number of painkillers taken by patients decreased. Smile to your health!
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Smile and laugh more interesting together.
People alone laugh and smile less often. And this is due not only to the absence of jokes. Scientist Robert Provine noted that only 15% of laughter is associated with jokes, even April Fools' jokes. Smile and laughter often arise precisely in the process of discussing the funny, and not just when viewing. In solitude, a person most often talks to himself, and laughs with himself less often than with a stranger who accidentally finds himself watching a new film with Jim Carrey.
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Female smile is embedded in nature in the brain.
People who are submissive are more likely to smile in the presence of those who dominate them. For example, in the presence of a director. The bosses, on the contrary, smile at subordinates only in friendly circumstances. Both men and women are smiling at work. A woman at such moments looks submissive and weak, when compared with unsmiling and stern men. It is believed that this is the result of the historical subordinate position of women. However, already at the age of eight months, girls smile more often than young men. Scientist Nancy Hanley calls a female smile a “peacemaker sign,” used to pacify more powerful men. During communication, girls smile at 26% more often.
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Smile and love.
According to Harvard research, women laugh at the men they like, and men are drawn to women. Maybe that's why a sense of humor is one of the first places among the attractive qualities of a man for a woman. Through the eyes of a man, a woman does not have to tell jokes even on April 1, just laugh at his jokes. A man who has a good sense of humor is more attractive to most women.
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Laughter through tears.
Ask a psychologist and he will tell you that laughter and crying are very similar. Remember when you laughed at a very funny joke or April Fools ’prank so that you ceased to control yourself. What did you feel then? Tingling all over the body, right? This is due to the release of endorphins and you feel the rise, joy. According to Paul Ekman, we are attracted to smiling and cheerful people because they can really affect our nervous system. When we see a smiling person, we smile back, and the brain produces endorphin.
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