Life span may be as wide as your smile

Friday, March 26, 2010 - 21:35 in Psychology & Sociology

A study looks at smiles in pictures of baseball players and compares death rates. The bigger the smile, the longer the life, they found. People who smile a lot are usually happier, have more stable personalities, more stable marriages, better cognitive skills and better interpersonal skills, according to research. Science has just uncovered another benefit of a happy face. People who have big...

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