What's the longest word in the world? Give
up? Well I'll tell you at the end.
Smiling is universal and more
important an action than you may understand. There has been numerous studies done on the
benefits of smiling, who smiles, and when we start smiling. Besides some fun facts regarding the smile I
have included a video done by a Ted Talker Ron Gutman and his explanation of
the importance of smiles.
- Babies are born with the ability to smile: Babies learn a lot of behaviors and sounds from
watching those around them, but scientists believe that all babies are
born with the ability, since even blind babies smile and ultrasound
pictures have depicted fetuses smiling.
- Babies start smiling as newborns: Most doctors believe that real smiles occur when
babies are awake at the age of four-to-six weeks, but babies start smiling
in their sleep as soon as they’re born.
- It’s a universal sign of happiness: While handshakes, hugs, and bows all have varying
meanings across cultures, smiling is known around the world and in all
cultures as a sign of happiness and acceptance –even cannibals smile.
- Smiles are the most easily recognizable facial
expression: People can recognize smiles
from up to 300 feet away, making it the most easily recognizable facial
expression.
- Smiles are contagious:
In a study conducted in Sweden, test subjects who looked at others
smiling, whether in photographs or in person, had difficulty frowning and
their muscles twitched into smiles all on their own. It’s not just a saying: smiling really
is contagious.
- Forcing yourself to smile can boost your mood: based off of Psychology research if you’re in a bad
mood, you can instantly lift your spirits by forcing yourself to smile.
- It boosts your immune system: Stressed? Try relaxing with a smile. Smiling causes your body to immediately
release endorphins; even when you force it. This sudden change in mood
will help you feel better, release stress, and can improve your physical health
by allowing your body to be more relaxed; when you smile this contributes
to good health and a stronger immune system.
- It’s easier to smile than to frown: Scientists have discovered that your body has to work
harder and use more muscles to frown than it does to smile.
- Smiles use from 5 to 53 facial muscles: Just smiling can require your body to use up to 53
muscles, but some smiles only use 5 muscle movements.
- There are 19 different types of smiles: UC-San Francisco researcher identified 19 types of
smiles and put them into two categories: polite “social” smiles which
engage fewer muscles, and sincere “felt” smiles that use more muscles on
both sides of the face.
- We still smile at work: While we smile less at work than we do at home, 30%
of subjects in a research study smiled five to 20 times a day, and 28%
smiled over 20 times per day at the office.
- Smiling helps you get promoted: Smiles make a person seem more attractive, sociable
and confident, and people who smile more are more likely to get a
promotion.
- Women smile more than men: Generally, women smile more than men, but when they
participate in similar work or social roles, they smile the same amount.
This finding leads scientists to believe that gender roles are quite flexible.
Boy babies, though, smile
less than girl babies, who also make more eye contact.
- Finally: Smiles are more attractive than makeup: A research study conducted by Orbit Complete
discovered that 69% of people find women more attractive when they smile
than when they are wearing makeup.
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| Even Animals Smile |
Now
that you know how important smiling is here is the answer to my first question:
the longest word in the world is SMILES –why? because there is a mile between
the S’s.
LAUGH! LOVE! SMILE!
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