An actor who fakes it up cannot feel the real emotion of the part he plays. But our facial expressions are most likely to be honest. In an experiment, actors were asked to display various emotions – happiness, surprise, sadness, anger, aggression, fear and revulsion. With each change, their heart rate, skin temperature and blood pressure were measured.
Readings were higher during negative emotions and only went back to normal when the actors began to smile.
It is often easier to remember some information when it is linked to a humorous story, a funny rhyme or an anecdote.
There are plenty of “unfunny” things that make you laugh, such as shyness, nervousness, embarrassment, and even anger. But in the natural course of our daily lives, we seem sadly and strangely reluctant to smile at each other, let alone laugh out aloud. Catch a stranger’s eyes on the bus or in the market and if you look at her expressionlessly, the chance is that she will look away. But if you smile at her, she will probably smile back. A natural smile lasts only a few seconds, but its positive effects can last much longer.
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