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He’s been wearing a mask for 30 years. This is what he wants you to know – Sydney Morning Herald
Royal Children’s Hospital general paediatrician Daryl Efron says while masks complicate a critical element of communication, they don’t hinder as much facial expression as you might think.
Indeed, not all smiles are equal. There is the social smile which a mask conceals and there is the genuine smile, sometimes referred to as the Duchenne smile.
Almost everyone can perform a social smile deliberately. For instance, to offer a polite greeting, says Dr Amy Dawel, a cognitive and clinical psychologist at ANU.
Duchenne smiles involve the same mouth action as social smiles, but also include activation of the outer part of the muscle that circles the eye, creating crow’s feet at the c…
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