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The Replication Crisis: To Smile, Or Not To Smile, That is the Question
[Excerpts are taken from the article “Can Smiling Really Make You Happier?” by Cathleen O’Grady, published at FiveThirtyEight.com] “In 1988, social psychologist Fritz Strack published a study that…asked participants to…hold a pen in their mouths in a position that forced…
Read MoreFindings from a Registered Replication Project: Another Psychology Hypothesis Fails to Replicate
[From the website of the Association for Psychological Science] “A coordinated replication effort conducted across 17 labs found no evidence that surreptitiously inducing people to smile or frown affects their emotional state. The findings of the replication project are published…
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