We had many positive reactions from the people that got smiled yesterday at Planet Organic! Some even spread the smiles to their close ones. We have received many e-mails from just-smiled people telling us about their experience!
Keep smiling!
Friday, February 9, 2007
Thursday, February 8, 2007
I was smiled at "Planet Organic" today!
If you were smiled today at "Planet Organic" near Holborn station, you should hold in your hands a big smile to remind you of the benefits of smiling.
Post a comment to our blog or e-mail us at startsmilingnow@gmail.com to tell about it!
Also, take a look at the "Facts about smiling" above to learn more about the benefit of smiling to others.
Start.smiling.now team!
Friday, February 2, 2007
Why Are You Smiling?
People might say you have your dad's smile or your Aunt Brunhilda's grin, but what if they said you had the smile of a chimp? They might be right. One of the ways scientists study facial expressions, including smiling, is by observing the behavior of other animals, especially primates-that group of mammals that includes humans and our closest relatives, the apes and monkeys.
Some experts believe that the human smile evolved, not from feelings of happiness, but from the "silent bared-teeth display"-often called a "grimace"-that certain primates make when they are feeling threatened or startled. You know the look: lips pulled back to reveal all those monkey teeth. But this primate "smile" might actually mean "I'm afraid of you. Please don't attack me. I'm nice."
If you think about it, you can see how the primate's grimace of fear eventually came to be, among humans, a signal of friendship. Do you ever smile when you are nervous? Or perhaps you try to joke around when you are uncertain about something. The message you are sending is "I'm not sure about this, but I'm willing to work it out. Let's be friends."
Reference: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4128/is_200311/ai_n9341157
Some experts believe that the human smile evolved, not from feelings of happiness, but from the "silent bared-teeth display"-often called a "grimace"-that certain primates make when they are feeling threatened or startled. You know the look: lips pulled back to reveal all those monkey teeth. But this primate "smile" might actually mean "I'm afraid of you. Please don't attack me. I'm nice."
If you think about it, you can see how the primate's grimace of fear eventually came to be, among humans, a signal of friendship. Do you ever smile when you are nervous? Or perhaps you try to joke around when you are uncertain about something. The message you are sending is "I'm not sure about this, but I'm willing to work it out. Let's be friends."
Reference: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4128/is_200311/ai_n9341157
Smilology
We know a lot about smiling because, believe it or not, there are scientists studying every aspect of how and why we do it. And the more we know about smiling, the more we realize how much we don't know. Scientists still disagree as to whether smiling developed as an expression of emotion ("I'm happy") or as a way of signaling or communicating ("I want to be friendly"). Sometimes we smile when we are happy, but just as often we smile when we really, really, really want to have that chocolate bar and we know that Mom might give in if we smile sweetly. Who knew that such a simple look could be so difficult to figure out?
Reference: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4128/is_200311/ai_n9341157
Reference: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4128/is_200311/ai_n9341157
Thursday, February 1, 2007
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