Feel better in 5

1 HAPPY DAYS

here has been an alarming rise in anxiety and depression, both in Australia and around the world, since the beginning of COVID. This has experts concerned. However, groundbreaking research from the University of South Australia confirms the act of smiling does in fact trick your mind into being more positive. Published in , the study’s lead researcher, and human and artificial cognition expert UniSA’s Dr Fernando Marmolejo-Ramos confirms that when you practise smiling it stimulates the emotional