屏风随影2019-05-10 10:10:57浏览897
The idea that we might force emotions by expressing them is as old as psychology. It's been supported, then debunked, and supported again (with caveats). Now, we might have to concede there's something to "turning that frown upside down" after all.
通过情感的表达来强迫我们自己的情绪的观点和心理学一样古老。它被支持，然后被驳斥，然后再被支持(附带说明)。现在，我们可能不得不承认，“把皱眉放下来”毕竟有些道理。
Simply put, by forcing yourself to smile you can actually make yourself a little happier. 简单地说，通过强迫自己微笑，你可以真的让自己更快乐一点。
Pooling together 138 studies on the effect our facial expressions have on our mood, researchers from the University of Tennessee and Texas A&M University took a broad look at the evidence and found a small but not insignificant effect under some circumstances.
田纳西大学和德克萨斯农工大学的研究人员将138项有关面部表情对情绪影响的研究汇集在一起，大范围地采集了证据，发现在某些情况下，面部表情的影响虽小，但并非微不足道。
The effect wasn't exactly huge. But it was there, suggesting we can feel a bit brighter by smiling, or experience a degree of disgust if we feign a scowl. On the other hand, acting out the emotions of fear or surprise won't do much for you.
影响算不得明显。但它确实存在，表明我们可以通过微笑来感觉更灿烂，或者如果我们假装皱眉，会感到一定程度的厌恶。另一方面，表现出恐惧或惊讶的情绪对你没有多大帮助。
They also found these effects were different for certain evocative stimuli, such as cartoons versus sentences. Being forced to smile while looking at a Garfield comic strip simply isn't going to make it funny, no matter how big that grin is.
他们还发现，对于特定的唤起性刺激，比如卡通和句子，这些效果是不同的。看加菲猫漫画时被迫微笑根本不会让它变得有趣，不管你笑得多厉害。
The research will no doubt keep the field of facial feedback research alive for a while to come. The cause-effect relationship between our mood and our body's reactions is no doubt a complicated one that will take some serious work to untangle.
这项研究无疑将在未来一段时间内保持面部反馈研究领域的活力。我们的情绪和身体反应之间的因果关系无疑是一个复杂的关系，需要费上很大的功夫来理清。
"We still have a lot to learn about these facial feedback effects, but this meta-analysis put us a little closer to understanding how emotions work," says Coles.
科尔斯说:“关于这些面部反馈效应，我们还有很多需要了解，但这项荟萃分析让我们更加理解情绪是如何起作用的。”
The researchers do make it clear that they don't think it means we can simply smile our depression away.
研究人员明确表示，他们认为这并不意味着我们可以简单地用微笑来消除抑郁。
Still, we'll probably need to put up with being told to smile by well-meaning life coaches a little longer. Just try to grin and bear it.
尽管如此，我们可能还是需要忍受一些善意的人生导师告诉我们要微笑。试着露齿而笑，忍着。
