SOC SCI H1E Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: The Takeaway, Osteoporosis, Cardiovascular Disease
2 May 2019
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Relationship between health, well-being, happiness, and basic functioning of the human body. Looking at the smiles of a yearbook allowed researchers to predict the success rate of the students" future marriages. Smile is evolutionarily contagious, so it"s hard to frown when looking at someone smiling bars. One smile can generate the same kind of brain stimulation as 2,000 chocolate. Lots of smiling can help reduce stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline, and decrease blood pressure. When you smile, you also appear more likeable and also more competent. The speaker in this ted talk wrote a book about the power of smiles, and has been accused of using science and research to sell products. You should be very distrustful of ted-talks. Has not been peer reviewed or anything . *there is research that, when carefully reviewed, supports the hypothesis that making yourself smile can actually make you have better affect and make you feel good.
