Science
Smiling can make you happier—unless someone forces you to do it
Source: Phys.org · Published
Nicholas Coles, Ph.D., had long heard that forcing a smile can make you feel a little happier—after all, he had done a lot of the research that supposedly proved it. But something didn't sit quite right with his own findings.
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