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Smile

A smile is a facial expression formed primarily by flexing the muscles at the sides of the mouth. Some smiles include a contraction of the muscles at the corner of the eyes, an action known as a Duchenne smile. Among humans, a smile expresses delight, sociability, happiness, joy, or amusement. It is distinct from a similar but usually involuntary…

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Social effects

Cultural differences

Dimples

Duchenne smile

Non-Duchenne smile

Other animals

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Smile

Nodes61
Edges60
Triples76
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032787
Components1

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Smile

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related to Further reading · 29
Smile → An, Belmont, California, Cambridge University Press, Cited, Conniff, Davidson, Emotional, Facial Expression, Fernandez-Dols, Friesen, II, ISBN, James Albert Russell, José Miguel Fernández-Dols, Journal, Ottenheimer, Paul, Personality, PMID
related to Cultural differences · 15
Smile → Asia, China, For, France, ID, In, It, Japan, Many, Researchers, Some, Soviet Union, This, Too, While
related to Non-Duchenne smile · 10
Smile → According, Botox, Chronic, Duchenne, It, Messenger, More, Pan Am, Research, The
related to Duchenne smile · 7
Smile → Duchenne, Dynasmile, French, Guillaume Duchenne, Recent, The Duchenne, While
related to External links · 7
Smile → BBC News, Media, Scanner, September, Smiling, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Other animals · 4
Smile → Barbary, For, However, In
related to background · 2
Smile → Primatologist Signe Preuschoft, The
is a · 1
Smile → facial expression formed primarily by flexing the muscles at the sides of the mouth
see also · 1
Smile → Facial Action Coding SystemFrownSay

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Smileis afacial expression formed primarily by flexing the muscles at the sides of the mouth0.90text
Smilerelated to backgroundPrimatologist Signe Preuschoft0.60section
Smilerelated to backgroundThe0.60section
Smilerelated to Cultural differencesResearchers0.60section
Smilerelated to Cultural differencesFor0.60section
Smilerelated to Cultural differencesFrance0.60section
Smilerelated to Cultural differencesChina0.60section
Smilerelated to Cultural differencesJapan0.60section
Smilerelated to Cultural differencesThis0.60section
Smilerelated to Cultural differencesID0.60section
Smilerelated to Cultural differencesIt0.60section
Smilerelated to Cultural differencesWhile0.60section

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