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Keen on looking younger? A smile may not be the right way, but a look of surprise may take a few years off, says a study.
While smiling could make you appear two years older, the surprised look could just drop a few years from your visage, the researchers said.
“We associate smiling with positive values and youth,” said Melvyn Goodale, Director of the Brain and Mind Institute at Western University, Canada.
However, the study, appearing in the journal Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, showed the opposite.
Smiling faces were considered to be the oldest, while surprised faces were regarded as the youngest.
For the study, participants were shown the images of people with smiling, neutral and surprised expressions. n
Keen on looking younger? A smile may not be the right way, but a look of surprise may take a few years off, says a study.
While smiling could make you appear two years older, the surprised look could just drop a few years from your visage, the researchers said.
“We associate smiling with positive values and youth,” said Melvyn Goodale, Director of the Brain and Mind Institute at Western University, Canada.
However, the study, appearing in the journal Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, showed the opposite.
Smiling faces were considered to be the oldest, while surprised faces were regarded as the youngest.
For the study, participants were shown the images of people with smiling, neutral and surprised expressions. n
