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The Facial Feedback Hypothesis

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The facial feedback hypothesis holds that facial expression can influence the emotional experience it accompanies.

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Participants holding a pen in the teeth rated cartoons as funnier in the original study.

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Large replication efforts have not consistently reproduced this effect. It is taught here as contested.