Botox Can Trick Your Brain into Feeling Happier

Scientists have found that Botox can change the way you feel, not just by removing wrinkles but by tricking the brain into making you feel in higher spirits, too.
A new research by the US Association for Psychological Science indicates that the wrinkle-erasing treatment, which helps smoothing fine lines by paralyzing facial muscles, has also an effect on the brain.

The 40 participants of the study, done by researchers from the University of Wisconsin, were assessed before having Botox injections and after having them. The time of their reaction was recorded as they read a series of declarations out loud, recounting feelings from “angry” to “sad” to “happy.”

According to the study’s finds, subjects took longer to read the more “negative” passages after having Botox injections than before. This delay was small but acute because it points out that the brain was processing the negative emotion more slowly after the drug’s injection.

“Usually, the brain sends signals to the facial muscles to frown, and the extent of the frown would be sent back to the brain,” explained research leader Professor Arthur Glenberg. “But here, that loop is interrupted, and the intensity of the emotion and of our ability to understand it when expressed in language is disrupted.”

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