Smiles Catchers
The Goals
Connect differently
Breaking down the walls of our urban loneliness with the grace of a smile.
Accessible
Open to all, without discrimination and easily accessible.
Vital
To illuminate this anxiety-inducing present with the grace of a smile.
Free
Smiling is free. Fortunately!
10 & 12
To produce a smile, the human body typically uses between 10 and 12 muscles.
Healthy
The facial expressions associated with a true smile are part of a feedback loop that positively affects our emotions.
Smiling Is Powerful Medicine: Research on How Smiling Can Improve Your Health
Chopra.com references a study where injections of botulinum toxin (which paralyzes frowning muscles) in participants' faces improved their mood and reduced depressive symptoms. This suggests that facial expressions associated with a genuine smile are part of a feedback loop that affects our emotions. The article also notes that children smile about 400 times a day, whereas the happiest adults only smile 40 to 50 times a day, indicating the underutilized power of smiling in our daily well-being.
"Grin and Bear It! Smiling Facilitates Stress Recovery"
Cette étude de l'Association for Psychological Science shows that smiling during brief periods of stress can help reduce the intensity of the body's stress response, whether or not a person actually feels happy. Participants who were instructed to smile, especially those with Duchenne smiles (involving muscles around the eyes and mouth), had lower heart rate levels after recovering from stressful activities (Psychological Science).
Did you know?
19
differents
Smiles
~12
Muscles
to smile
40 to 50
Smiles
for adults happiness
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