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Post ctpost.com Businesses  « Back to Article  Yale professor's
book tackles the science of smiles  Published 2:57 pm, Monday,
April 8, 2013   • Marianne LaFrance, author of âÄúWhy Smile?:
The Science Behind Facial Expressions.âÄù Photo: Contributed
Photo / Kvon Photography; Connecticut Post Contributed   Larger
| Smaller Email This Page 1 of 1  Smiles can ease tension,
signal approval and help create a bond with strangers. They can
also conceal our true intentions and help us manipulate others.
Smiles, as Marianne LaFrance knows well, are more than a curling
of the lips and a crinkling of the eyes. LaFrance, who lives in
Guilford, is the author of "Why Smile?: The Science Behind
Facial Expressions," (W.W. Norton and Co., $15.95) and a Yale
University professor of psychology and of women's, gender and
sexuality studies. Her book, originally released as "Lip
Service: Smiles in Life, Death, Trust, Lies, Work, Memory, Sex,
and Politics," discusses why