Listening to WBUR's Here and Now promo a couple of weeks ago had me perking up at the mention of a story about Botox being an anti-depressant of sorts...
Seems that limiting the range of facial expressions that the forehead is able to produce means that there are corresponding changes of experienced (i.e., felt) emotions as well.
In other words, "freezing your face" makes you feel fine... ?
There is something to this -- thinking of mirror neurons and the mind-body connection.
At the same time, I really want to see quantified experimental studies.
I will say that my "theory of mind" of Botoxed faces is that emotional empathy and creative thought seems to be limited....
But mainly, the body can influence the mind.
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