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  • How an induced smile could help treat depression
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    How an induced smile could help treat depression
    Ferrari Press Agency
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    Pictures must credit: University of Essex

    Smiling for just a split second makes people more likely to see happiness in another person’s expressionless face, new research has discovered.

    And the finding could lead to new treatments for depression or disorders that affect expression, like Parkinson’s and autism.  

    Even a brief weak grin makes faces appear more joyful according to the study.

    The pioneering experiment used electrical stimulation to spark smiles in volunteers while they looked at digital avatars.

    The volunteers were asked to assess whether the avatar looked happy or sad.

    In half of the tests, the muscles in the volunteer that controlled smiling were activated at the revealing of the avatar’s face.

    A painless electric current manipulated muscles momentarily into action – creating a short uncontrollable smile. 

    By using computers, the team was able to control the onset of smiles with millisecond precision. 

    In total 47 people took part in the study at Essex University in the UK.

    OPS: An induced smile given to a volunteer. The experiment showed that when looking at an expressionless avatar face, inducing a smile in the volunteer made them regard the expresionless avatar as being happy.

    Picture supplied by Ferrari
    (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • How an induced smile could help treat depression
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    How an induced smile could help treat depression
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Smiles 1
    Ref 15593
    20/02/2024
    See Ferrari pictures
    Pictures must credit: University of Essex

    Smiling for just a split second makes people more likely to see happiness in another person’s expressionless face, new research has discovered.

    And the finding could lead to new treatments for depression or disorders that affect expression, like Parkinson’s and autism.  

    Even a brief weak grin makes faces appear more joyful according to the study.

    The pioneering experiment used electrical stimulation to spark smiles in volunteers while they looked at digital avatars.

    The volunteers were asked to assess whether the avatar looked happy or sad.

    In half of the tests, the muscles in the volunteer that controlled smiling were activated at the revealing of the avatar’s face.

    A painless electric current manipulated muscles momentarily into action – creating a short uncontrollable smile. 

    By using computers, the team was able to control the onset of smiles with millisecond precision. 

    In total 47 people took part in the study at Essex University in the UK.

    OPS: A volunteer without the induced smile.

    Picture supplied by Ferrari
    (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • How an induced smile could help treat depression
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    How an induced smile could help treat depression
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Smiles 1
    Ref 15593
    20/02/2024
    See Ferrari pictures
    Pictures must credit: University of Essex

    Smiling for just a split second makes people more likely to see happiness in another person’s expressionless face, new research has discovered.

    And the finding could lead to new treatments for depression or disorders that affect expression, like Parkinson’s and autism.  

    Even a brief weak grin makes faces appear more joyful according to the study.

    The pioneering experiment used electrical stimulation to spark smiles in volunteers while they looked at digital avatars.

    The volunteers were asked to assess whether the avatar looked happy or sad.

    In half of the tests, the muscles in the volunteer that controlled smiling were activated at the revealing of the avatar’s face.

    A painless electric current manipulated muscles momentarily into action – creating a short uncontrollable smile. 

    By using computers, the team was able to control the onset of smiles with millisecond precision. 

    In total 47 people took part in the study at Essex University in the UK.

    OPS: An induced smile given to a volunteer. The experiment showed that when looking at an expressionless avatar face, inducing a smile in the volunteer made them regard the expresionless avatar as being happy.

    Picture supplied by Ferrari
    (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • How an induced smile could help treat depression
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    How an induced smile could help treat depression
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Smiles 1
    Ref 15593
    20/02/2024
    See Ferrari pictures
    Pictures must credit: University of Essex

    Smiling for just a split second makes people more likely to see happiness in another person’s expressionless face, new research has discovered.

    And the finding could lead to new treatments for depression or disorders that affect expression, like Parkinson’s and autism.  

    Even a brief weak grin makes faces appear more joyful according to the study.

    The pioneering experiment used electrical stimulation to spark smiles in volunteers while they looked at digital avatars.

    The volunteers were asked to assess whether the avatar looked happy or sad.

    In half of the tests, the muscles in the volunteer that controlled smiling were activated at the revealing of the avatar’s face.

    A painless electric current manipulated muscles momentarily into action – creating a short uncontrollable smile. 

    By using computers, the team was able to control the onset of smiles with millisecond precision. 

    In total 47 people took part in the study at Essex University in the UK.

    OPS: An induced smile given to a volunteer. The experiment showed that when looking at an expressionless avatar face, inducing a smile in the volunteer made them regard the expresionless avatar as being happy.

    Picture supplied by Ferrari
    (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • How an induced smile could help treat depression
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    How an induced smile could help treat depression
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Smiles 1
    Ref 15593
    20/02/2024
    See Ferrari pictures
    Pictures must credit: University of Essex

    Smiling for just a split second makes people more likely to see happiness in another person’s expressionless face, new research has discovered.

    And the finding could lead to new treatments for depression or disorders that affect expression, like Parkinson’s and autism.  

    Even a brief weak grin makes faces appear more joyful according to the study.

    The pioneering experiment used electrical stimulation to spark smiles in volunteers while they looked at digital avatars.

    The volunteers were asked to assess whether the avatar looked happy or sad.

    In half of the tests, the muscles in the volunteer that controlled smiling were activated at the revealing of the avatar’s face.

    A painless electric current manipulated muscles momentarily into action – creating a short uncontrollable smile. 

    By using computers, the team was able to control the onset of smiles with millisecond precision. 

    In total 47 people took part in the study at Essex University in the UK.

    OPS: The experiment showed that when looking at an expressionless avatar face, inducing a smile in the volunteer made them regard the expresionless avatar as being happy.

    Picture supplied by Ferrari
    (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • How an induced smile could help treat depression
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    How an induced smile could help treat depression
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Smiles 1
    Ref 15593
    20/02/2024
    See Ferrari pictures
    Pictures must credit: University of Essex

    Smiling for just a split second makes people more likely to see happiness in another person’s expressionless face, new research has discovered.

    And the finding could lead to new treatments for depression or disorders that affect expression, like Parkinson’s and autism.  

    Even a brief weak grin makes faces appear more joyful according to the study.

    The pioneering experiment used electrical stimulation to spark smiles in volunteers while they looked at digital avatars.

    The volunteers were asked to assess whether the avatar looked happy or sad.

    In half of the tests, the muscles in the volunteer that controlled smiling were activated at the revealing of the avatar’s face.

    A painless electric current manipulated muscles momentarily into action – creating a short uncontrollable smile. 

    By using computers, the team was able to control the onset of smiles with millisecond precision. 

    In total 47 people took part in the study at Essex University in the UK.

    OPS:The experiment showed that when looking at an expressionless avatar face, inducing a smile in the volunteer made them regard the expresionless avatar as being happy.

    Picture supplied by Ferrari
    (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • How an induced smile could help treat depression
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    How an induced smile could help treat depression
    Ferrari Press Agency
    Smiles 1
    Ref 15593
    20/02/2024
    See Ferrari pictures
    Pictures must credit: University of Essex

    Smiling for just a split second makes people more likely to see happiness in another person’s expressionless face, new research has discovered.

    And the finding could lead to new treatments for depression or disorders that affect expression, like Parkinson’s and autism.  

    Even a brief weak grin makes faces appear more joyful according to the study.

    The pioneering experiment used electrical stimulation to spark smiles in volunteers while they looked at digital avatars.

    The volunteers were asked to assess whether the avatar looked happy or sad.

    In half of the tests, the muscles in the volunteer that controlled smiling were activated at the revealing of the avatar’s face.

    A painless electric current manipulated muscles momentarily into action – creating a short uncontrollable smile. 

    By using computers, the team was able to control the onset of smiles with millisecond precision. 

    In total 47 people took part in the study at Essex University in the UK.

    OPS: An induced smile given to a volunteer. The experiment showed that when looking at an expressionless avatar face, inducing a smile in the volunteer made them regard the expresionless avatar as being happy.

    Picture supplied by Ferrari
    (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)

     

  • NEWS - Bangladesch: Überschwemmungen in Gaibandha
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    NEWS - Bangladesch: Überschwemmungen in Gaibandha
    August 19, 2017 - Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh - A mother feeds her child in a makeshift camp in Guthail, Jamalpur, Bangladesh, on 19 August 2017. Pure drinking water and medicine are highly demanded in these flood affected areas (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Bangladesch: Überschwemmungen in Gaibandha
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    NEWS - Bangladesch: Überschwemmungen in Gaibandha
    August 19, 2017 - Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh - children on a raft approach a boat in Guthail, Jamalpur, Bangladesh, on 19 August 2017 (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Bangladesch: Überschwemmungen in Gaibandha
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    NEWS - Bangladesch: Überschwemmungen in Gaibandha
    August 19, 2017 - Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh - A woman stands high-deep in flood water inside her submarged house in Guthail, Jamalpur, Bangladesh, on 19 August 2017 (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Bangladesch: Überschwemmungen in Gaibandha
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    NEWS - Bangladesch: Überschwemmungen in Gaibandha
    August 19, 2017 - Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh - Young boy stands high-deep in flood water after he collecting water from a tube wale in Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh, on 19 August 2017 (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Bangladesch: Überschwemmungen in Gaibandha
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    NEWS - Bangladesch: Überschwemmungen in Gaibandha
    August 19, 2017 - Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh - A man sets fishing trap inside his house in Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh, on 19 August 2017 (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Bangladesch: Überschwemmungen in Gaibandha
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    NEWS - Bangladesch: Überschwemmungen in Gaibandha
    August 19, 2017 - Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh - Villagers come to collect water refining tablets from the volunteers in Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh, on 19 August 2017 (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Bangladesch: Überschwemmungen in Gaibandha
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    NEWS - Bangladesch: Überschwemmungen in Gaibandha
    August 19, 2017 - Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh - A woman carries her cattle as she moves to safer ground at Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh, on 19 August 2017 (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Bangladesch: Überschwemmungen in Gaibandha
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    NEWS - Bangladesch: Überschwemmungen in Gaibandha
    August 19, 2017 - Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh - Young boy sits on a debris caused by the flood in Jamalpur, Bangladesh, on 19 August 2017 (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Bangladesch: Überschwemmungen in Gaibandha
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    NEWS - Bangladesch: Überschwemmungen in Gaibandha
    August 19, 2017 - Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh - Young boy carries relief to his roadside shelter in Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh, on 19 August 2017 (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Bangladesch: Überschwemmungen in Gaibandha
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    NEWS - Bangladesch: Überschwemmungen in Gaibandha
    August 19, 2017 - Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh - An older citizen sleeps beside the cattle as her family does not have enough space for the cattle Jamalpur, Bangladesh, on 19 August 2017 (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Bangladesch: Überschwemmungen in Gaibandha
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    NEWS - Bangladesch: Überschwemmungen in Gaibandha
    August 19, 2017 - Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh - An inside view of a submarged house in Jamalpur, Bangladesh, on 19 August 2017 (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • Cold War nuclear shelter in an underground car park in West Berlin - 29 Nov 2009
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    Cold War nuclear shelter in an underground car park in West Berlin - 29 Nov 2009
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Andy Drysdale / Rex Features ( 1128904f )
    Cramped bunk beds take up most of the space in the bunker and oxygen levels would be kept low to induce sleepfullness. The fallout shelter was for the general population and would be filled on a first come, first served basis. Facilities are minimal but it is one of several around Berlin. This one is open to the public on guided tours from the Berlin Story museum.
    Cold War nuclear shelter in an underground car park in West Berlin - 29 Nov 2009

    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    DUKAS/REX

     

  • Cold War nuclear shelter in an underground car park in West Berlin - 29 Nov 2009
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    Cold War nuclear shelter in an underground car park in West Berlin - 29 Nov 2009
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Andy Drysdale / Rex Features ( 1128904c )
    Cramped bunk beds take up most of the space in the bunker and oxygen levels would be kept low to induce sleepfullness. The fallout shelter was for the general population and would be filled on a first come, first served basis. Facilities are minimal but it is one of several around Berlin. This one is open to the public on guided tours from the Berlin Story museum.
    Cold War nuclear shelter in an underground car park in West Berlin - 29 Nov 2009

    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    DUKAS/REX

     

  • Cold War nuclear shelter in an underground car park in West Berlin - 29 Nov 2009
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    Cold War nuclear shelter in an underground car park in West Berlin - 29 Nov 2009
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Andy Drysdale / Rex Features ( 1128904a )
    Cramped bunk beds take up most of the space in the bunker and oxygen levels would be kept low to induce sleepfullness. The fallout shelter was for the general population and would be filled on a first come, first served basis. Facilities are minimal but it is one of several around Berlin. This one is open to the public on guided tours from the Berlin Story museum.
    Cold War nuclear shelter in an underground car park in West Berlin - 29 Nov 2009

    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    DUKAS/REX