Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Smile! Especially if you don’t feel like it
Smile, even if you don’t feel like it. Especially if you don’t feel like it, in fact, because it will make you feel better. This is classic social psychology wisdom. Fake it ‘til you make it. Recent studies have found that Botox can ease depression by making it harder for people to frown.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readSmile, even if you don’t feel like it. Especially if you don’t feel like it, in fact, because it will make you feel better. This is classic social psychology wisdom. Fake it ‘til you make it. Recent studies have found that Botox can ease depression by making it harder for people to frown. And now, a new, large-scale study suggests a much more complicated link between facial expressions and emotions.
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Georgetown, other universities grapple with slave histories- 0:30Georgetown, other universities grapple with slave histories
- 10:22How ‘black on black crime’ became a conservative talking point
- 19:28Smile! Especially if you don’t feel like itYou’re reading this
- 28:38David Cross wants to make America great again
- 42:53Old blog post about women wearing headphones inspires new outrage
The full episode
3 of 5Georgetown, other universities grapple with slave histories- 0:30Georgetown, other universities grapple with slave histories
- 10:22How ‘black on black crime’ became a conservative talking point
- 19:28Smile! Especially if you don’t feel like itYou’re reading this
- 28:38David Cross wants to make America great again
- 42:53Old blog post about women wearing headphones inspires new outrage