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Botox Numbs Emotional Response

If you can't frown, brain finds it harder to be sad, study surmises

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 9, 2010 10:45 AM CST

(Newser) – If you turn your frown upside down with Botox, your brain gets the message and makes you less receptive to negative emotional stimuli. That’s the conclusion of a new study of people who had their frown muscles paralyzed with the cosmetic toxin. Researchers tested...   Read full story »

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