To conduct the study, researchers asked 120 participants to smile by holding a pen between their teeth, which forced their facial muscles to replicate the movement of a smile.
They found that facial muscular activity not only altered one's facial expression but also generated more positive emotions.— the part of your brain that allows you to feel emotions — by releasing neurotransmitters "to encourage an emotionally positive state." "For mental health, this has interesting implications. If we can trick the brain into perceiving stimuli as 'happy,' then we can potentially use this mechanism to help boost mental health," Marmolejo-Ramos said.
Research from New York-based neurologist Dr. Isha Gupta also found that the mere act of smiling can increase levels of hormones like dopamine and serotonin in the body. "Dopamine increases our feelings of happiness. Serotonin release is associated with reduced stress. Low levels of serotonin are associated with depression and aggression," Gupta previously told
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