A recent experiment investigated "the hypothesis that injecting Botox into the forehead can alter the way the brain processes and interprets the emotions of others." Images of brain activity showed evidence of a relationship between facial muscle memory and emotion processing within the brain.
The research team from the University of California published a report on the experiment in the journal Scientific Reports, and the experiment included 10 women between the ages of 33 and 40 years, whose foreheads were injected with Botox to paralyze the muscles responsible for frowning, and they underwent magnetic resonance imaging sessions of brain activity before and a week after the injection.
During brain imaging, participants were shown pictures of happy, sad, and angry faces, and brain activity was monitored while interacting with these stimuli. It was found that preventing frowning with Botox inhibits the way the brain processes emotions.
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