Tuesday, July 28, 2009
|Duchenne smile|
Thanks Indian boy, now i finally know what a genuine smile is =D
A genuine smile is an index of your happiness. So, put in a little more joy in your smile. Reach out to others and give a little more of yourself when you smile next time and the next.
Duchenne smile (after its discoverer Guillaume Duchenne) is genuine. The corners of the mouth turn up and the skin around the corners of your eyes crinkles (the crow's feet). …The other smile, called the Pan American smile (after the flight attendants in television ads for now-defunct airline), is inauthentic."
In Duchenne smile, the facial muscles involved in are difficult to control voluntarily. Therefore, it's difficult to fake a Duchenne smile unless you smile from within.
The Pan American smile is a perfunctory smile. It is nothing but a courtesy smile as in the case of a flight attendant responding to a patron. It's an expression of courtesy and politeness rather than inner joy. Alas, the Pan Am airline is dead but the smile will live forever.
Source: mindpub.com
Learn to flash more Duchenne smiles, it makes the world a less superficial one, though one sees a smile from the outside too. So i suppose the smile on my prev post was a combination of both smiles? cos it has the corners of the mouth curling up and yet there's no wrinkles. Wait, what abt babies then? -.-""
Indian boy, rmb this not?
Indian boy, rmb this not?