the scientific reason why smiling works

This week in Sunday Life I smile

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Recently reader Richard wrote to say he didn’t like that in the photos of me as a kid (I believe he’d been Facebook-stalking my family albums) I’m always scowling. Well, thank you Dick for noticing such a detail. And, heck, you’re right! I’ve always hated having my picture taken. I’m sure, Dick, you know what I mean when I say, it just feels so dumb smiling at a camera.

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But then, lo, smiling at cameras became an occupational hazard (see below). Which was how I learned something quite interesting about smiling.

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