Smiling really DOES make you happier: Study finds expressing happiness influences the brain to generate positive feelings For decades, researchers have studied how acting happy could influence happiness A team at the University of Tennessee has analyzed 50 years of data on the subject They found there is a clear connection between acting happy and feeling happy But they warn the connection is not very strong
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Published: 19:00 BST, 11 April 2019 | Updated: 19:01 BST, 11 April 2019
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Smiling really can make people feel happier, according to a new study.
American psychologists looked at nearly 50 years of data testing whether facial expressions can lead people to feel the emotions related to those expressions.
They found smiling made people feel happier, scowling made them feel angrier, and frowning made them feel sadder.
However, the effects are not very strong, and the researchers warn this should hardly be held up as a way to offset debilitating mental health conditions like depression.
