We usually think of smiles as a reaction to feeling happy. But there are several reasons to make the effort to smile, even ...

Research indicates that while smiling can impact our emotions, its effects are neither immediate nor substantial for everyone. The effect varies based on one's emotional state, the context, and ...

The so-called "Happiness Diet" explores this relationship, revealing how certain foods can stimulate the production of ...

Happiness is an electrifying and elusive state. Philosophers, theologians, psychologists, and even economists have long sought to define it. And since the 1990s, a whole branch of psychology ...

The researchers put it down to the health benefits associated with happiness. Ekman, meanwhile, found that a Duchenne smile – but not other smiles – is accompanied by activity in the left ...