Yes but the act of smiling will actually decrease your inhibition. If you were smiling while typing your post you would not have confused the terms low inhib and high inhib with each other.
What Smiling Does to the Brain
Smiling with the Duchenne Marker causes an increase in brain activity on the left-sided anterior region of the brain. This area is highly related to positive emotional experience. Genuine smiles also release dopamine into our brains. This is the same neurotransmitter that’s released when we win big in Vegas and is also released by substances like cocaine and caffeine. Needless to say, dopamine is the happy, feel-good neurotransmitter that we all could use a little more of. That said, smiling offers us the chance to increase the release of dopamine without having to risk our life savings in Vegas or having to turn to drugs to make it happen.
How to Fake a Genuine Smile
These are the 3 simple steps to recreating the best (research proven!) genuine smile:
- Raise your cheeks up
- Part lips
- Raise the corners of your mouth up