Is There a Facial Feedback Effect?

On average, if people force a pak a smile, it will improve their mood. Or if they furrow their ow, it will make them feel angrier. So the takeaway is that emotions are expressed non verbally, but non verbal expressions also cause emotions. What we've been looking at is posture, you know, below the neck. Now, knowing that expansive posture is associated with power, and that's a universal expression of pride,. That's where you get to the hypothesis that it seems likely that you would get the same kind of feedback effect with posture. When we feel frightened and powerless, we do the opposite. You think about going into the most stressful situation, you're not