Smile
A smile is a human facial expression , a form of smile that is mostly related to something funny, with humor . The disparaging counterpart of smiling is the smirk or contemptuous grin (northern German: grin ).
Smirking is therefore a softened form of laughing . It means a "quietly amused exhilaration" that can only be recognized by the facial expression.
The smiling facial expression is difficult to define in general, but it can be roughly described as follows: The mouth lies in a slight laugh line, but remains rather closed when it is gently curved. The eyes remain open, but the eyelids are squeezed together a little.
Smiling has an extra-linguistic communicative function and can, for example, convey the joking connotation of a statement to the recipient . In some contexts or cultures (such as Japan ), a smile sometimes expresses incomprehension , reprimand or criticism . In self-reference, smiling can be used to cover up embarrassment in the face of unwanted attention or to show self-irony . As a communicative reaction to an event, a smile can also be understood as a recognition reflex.
From a neurological point of view, smiling is a positive emotion that is essentially controlled by the pleasure / pain center of the limbic system .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Psychology of Children's Humor Marion Bönsch-Kauke, VS Verlag, 2003, p. 104 ( ISBN 3-8100-3702-8 ).
- ^ Basic psychological and sociological knowledge for health and nursing professions: textbook and reference work Rainer Hornung, Judith Smiling, Beltz, 2006, p. 207 ( ISBN 3-407-55127-4 ).
- ↑ Teachers and students solve discipline problems . Rudolf Dreikurs, Bernice B. Grunwald, Floy C. Pepper, Beltz, 2007, p. 31 ( ISBN 3-407-25451-2 ).
- ↑ Palliative Care: Handbook for Care and Support . Susanne Kränzle, Ulrike Schmid, Christa Seeger, Springer, 2007, p. 196 ( ISBN 3-540-72324-2 ).
- ↑ Neurophysiological treatment in adults: basics of neurology, treatment concepts, everyday therapy approaches . Karl-Michael Haus, C. Berting-Hüneke, Springer, 2005, p. 135 ( ISBN 3-540-21215-9 ).
