Smiling Can Make Us Feel Happier -- Nicholas Coles (AUDIO)

University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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Nicholas Coles explains how facial expressions such as smiling can have an impact in the way we feel.

Coles is a Social Psychology PhD student at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He coauthored the paper "A Meta-Analysis of the Facial Feedback Literature: Effects of Facial Feedback on Emotional Experience Are Small and Variable," published on April 11 in Psychological Bulletin.

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