Smile to remember a smile: Facial expression used to help recall emotion

Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - 16:31 in Psychology & Sociology

We use facial expression to help recall an emotion, researchers say. A new study shows that in order to recall an emotion (positive or negative) we “re-enact” the motor sequence of the facial expression corresponding to that emotion. In other words: when remembering a smile, we smile.

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