Smile! It makes everyone in the room feel better because they, consciously or unconsciously, are smiling with you. Growing evidence shows that an instinct for facial mimicry allows us to empathize with and even experience other people’s feelings. If we can’t mirror another person’s face, it limits our ability to read and properly react to their expressions. A review of this emotional mirroring appears Feb. 11 in Trends in Cognitive Sciences.
A review of emotional mirroring appears in Trends in Cognitive Sciences. With healthy teeth you’re more likely to smile. What your smile or frown says about you.