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World Service,1 min

No smile, no joy?

The Why Factor

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‘The joy lasts only a tiny split second’. Jonathan Kalb describes how his facial paralysis has denied him the happy feelings he used to get when he could smile; and neuropsychologist, Dr Hamira Riaz, explains how smiling is contagious.

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